1 00:00:10,204 --> 00:00:13,444 Speaker 1: My Heart podcasts here, more Gold one on one point 2 00:00:13,524 --> 00:00:17,844 Speaker 1: seven podcasts, playlists, and listen live on the Free iHeart. 3 00:00:17,404 --> 00:00:21,004 Speaker 2: App Jersey and Amanda's jam Nation. 4 00:00:21,323 --> 00:00:23,484 Speaker 1: Well I was away with my I'm crying already. I 5 00:00:23,524 --> 00:00:25,564 Speaker 1: was away with my dog on the weekend. And she's fine. 6 00:00:25,684 --> 00:00:28,324 Speaker 1: Anyone that knows me she's fine. No, she's not. But 7 00:00:28,444 --> 00:00:31,844 Speaker 1: she's thirteen and I have to lift her into the 8 00:00:31,884 --> 00:00:34,083 Speaker 1: car now. Little front paws go enough to put up 9 00:00:34,084 --> 00:00:37,524 Speaker 1: the back legs. She's going deaf, she's gray in the face. 10 00:00:37,644 --> 00:00:40,084 Speaker 1: She's kind of stands at the bottom of the stairs 11 00:00:40,084 --> 00:00:43,364 Speaker 1: and tries to will herself to go up them. And 12 00:00:43,404 --> 00:00:45,004 Speaker 1: there's a lot that's hard for me at the moment. 13 00:00:45,084 --> 00:00:47,324 Speaker 1: My husband's un well, my dad's ninety one. And I 14 00:00:47,324 --> 00:00:49,804 Speaker 1: look at the dog and I think you cannot go anywhere. 15 00:00:50,564 --> 00:00:53,524 Speaker 1: And I follow this woman on Instagram. Her name is 16 00:00:53,564 --> 00:00:56,724 Speaker 1: Caroline mccuiston, and she lives in this beautiful, little tiny 17 00:00:56,764 --> 00:01:00,484 Speaker 1: cottage in this I'm come back now in the Scottish Highlands. 18 00:01:00,884 --> 00:01:03,164 Speaker 1: And she has a Border Collie and she takes that 19 00:01:03,204 --> 00:01:05,764 Speaker 1: dog out walking in the most beautiful scenor I've ever seen, 20 00:01:06,164 --> 00:01:09,324 Speaker 1: and she bakes and she has this lovely life seems. 21 00:01:09,924 --> 00:01:13,484 Speaker 1: And she posted this some images of her dog patting 22 00:01:13,524 --> 00:01:16,563 Speaker 1: a dog sitting in the dog on the couch, and 23 00:01:16,644 --> 00:01:19,604 Speaker 1: she posted it to a poem written by a woman 24 00:01:19,644 --> 00:01:23,964 Speaker 1: called Josie Bullcup, and it's about her dog. And I 25 00:01:24,044 --> 00:01:27,164 Speaker 1: watched about a thousand times, and I cry and cry, 26 00:01:27,203 --> 00:01:29,244 Speaker 1: and I think of my dog, and let's play the palm. 27 00:01:29,244 --> 00:01:29,404 Speaker 2: Now. 28 00:01:29,444 --> 00:01:30,363 Speaker 1: I have a bit of a week. 29 00:01:30,724 --> 00:01:32,964 Speaker 2: If it could be with this dog, I'd want the 30 00:01:32,964 --> 00:01:35,884 Speaker 2: dog days to last forever. It would always be this 31 00:01:36,004 --> 00:01:37,924 Speaker 2: dog on the end of the leash, no matter the weather, 32 00:01:38,444 --> 00:01:41,284 Speaker 2: rain or shine, taking our time on even the coldest 33 00:01:41,284 --> 00:01:44,324 Speaker 2: of days. It would always be this dog, leaving scratches 34 00:01:44,364 --> 00:01:46,804 Speaker 2: on the hardwood and getting them away while I vacuum 35 00:01:46,844 --> 00:01:48,844 Speaker 2: up the very fury evidence that this house belongs to 36 00:01:48,884 --> 00:01:51,444 Speaker 2: both of us. It would always be this dog at 37 00:01:51,444 --> 00:01:53,604 Speaker 2: the front door when I get home from work, pacing 38 00:01:53,684 --> 00:01:56,164 Speaker 2: around like nothing has ever been more joyful than this moment, 39 00:01:56,484 --> 00:01:59,284 Speaker 2: every single time. If it were up to me, I'd 40 00:01:59,284 --> 00:02:01,084 Speaker 2: have to leave every party early for the rest of 41 00:02:01,124 --> 00:02:04,404 Speaker 2: my life to get home to this dog. I'd forfeit 42 00:02:04,444 --> 00:02:06,564 Speaker 2: the ability to swallow it in bed. I'd show the 43 00:02:06,644 --> 00:02:09,524 Speaker 2: last blight of every meal, apologize to gas for the 44 00:02:09,564 --> 00:02:12,204 Speaker 2: friend of excitement, and they arrive. I take a green 45 00:02:12,284 --> 00:02:14,564 Speaker 2: Salt coach and muddy pop brinds in the front hallway. 46 00:02:15,004 --> 00:02:17,444 Speaker 2: I'd willingly find hairs on every sweater I ever wear, 47 00:02:17,964 --> 00:02:20,444 Speaker 2: but I only do it for this dog because if 48 00:02:20,483 --> 00:02:22,924 Speaker 2: it were this dog, I don't want the dog days 49 00:02:22,923 --> 00:02:28,204 Speaker 2: to last forever. Oh so happy to talk. It's so 50 00:02:28,284 --> 00:02:30,924 Speaker 2: sweet and I love the relationship. You have a little 51 00:02:30,964 --> 00:02:34,724 Speaker 2: mini dog and it's such a cute dog. But she's here. 52 00:02:35,404 --> 00:02:37,963 Speaker 1: She's here, I know, but there's a grace to an 53 00:02:38,004 --> 00:02:41,164 Speaker 1: aging dog. There's such a grace to her, but a 54 00:02:41,244 --> 00:02:46,244 Speaker 1: little hips. Yeah, they're getting sore. And everyone who's lost 55 00:02:46,244 --> 00:02:48,204 Speaker 1: a pet, and I've lost a pet before, it's just 56 00:02:48,363 --> 00:02:50,644 Speaker 1: so hard. She hasn't gone yet, as you say, But 57 00:02:50,684 --> 00:02:53,604 Speaker 1: she's thirteen, and I see it, and I saw that 58 00:02:53,764 --> 00:02:55,883 Speaker 1: palm and the beautiful pictures of her. Bought a Colie 59 00:02:55,923 --> 00:02:57,284 Speaker 1: and it just brought down stuff. 60 00:02:59,163 --> 00:03:01,203 Speaker 2: Anyway, Right, if. 61 00:03:01,043 --> 00:03:02,684 Speaker 1: We I replaced it with the dog that I used 62 00:03:02,684 --> 00:03:05,244 Speaker 1: to have, that nut bag dog, you'd be hoping that 63 00:03:05,284 --> 00:03:06,964 Speaker 1: it's dog days for coming sooner. 64 00:03:07,884 --> 00:03:09,524 Speaker 2: Now. I'm just trying to cheer you up there because 65 00:03:09,524 --> 00:03:12,243 Speaker 2: that dog was a knut. It's a full on knut. 66 00:03:12,923 --> 00:03:16,603 Speaker 2: It's scary everyone. Okay, thank you for ninety kilo puh machine. 67 00:03:16,803 --> 00:03:18,564 Speaker 1: Your insensitivity is brought I'm not. 68 00:03:19,244 --> 00:03:20,644 Speaker 2: I'm trying to get your back. I'm trying to write 69 00:03:20,644 --> 00:03:21,203 Speaker 2: the back. 70 00:03:21,244 --> 00:03:22,404 Speaker 1: Don't you worry. I'm back