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 Have No Regrets About Spoiling Your Pets
Dear Nanny Fran,
I’ve been told that when you pet sit you spoil the animals rotten. I’m not sure that is good.
Well, I am sure that it is good. In fact it is the only way to treat your sweethearts. If you want to be a control freak… go ahead. You have my blessing; however, do not be a control freak with anything with a pulse. You will regret your actions forever.
Over the last 12 years of pet sitting I would estimate that at least 30 sweethearts whom I have loved have gone to heaven. I cannot count the number of times I have sat in a family’s living room with them and spent time to heal their wounds when they have lost their dear one. The most tragic look on a human’s face is the look that says, “Oh my God, it is over.” I have seen this look when a human has lost their own parent and I have seen it when a fur child has left us. It is the most pitiful sight you will ever see. Therefore, I refuse to leave this planet with any regrets.
I plan to go to heaven knowing that I loved each creature to the best of my ability (and beyond my ability whenever possible). Each baby gives us unconditional love every hour of the day and they ask nothing except to be loved in return.
If you wish to be in control of something, look at yourself first and make yourself your first project. When you finally get to the point where you love yourself you will love others without reservation and will have no desire to criticize and/or control.
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Sophie Elizabeth Welborn
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In the past three months I have “lost” at least five sweethearts that I cared for and loved. I can tell you, that right now… I am not beating myself up over the fact that I only give “two” dog biscuits per visit “per the parents’ instructions.” No, I gave more than two. And, yes, I told that sweet dear one that she was the sweetest, kindest and smartest Sophie Welborn in the entire world. Yes, I loved her with all my heart unabashedly and now that she is in heaven… I have no regrets whatsoever. I also have the most gorgeous pictures I took of her and now her parents have those fantastic pictures. I believe that we should take pictures of our loved ones nearly daily! None of us is guaranteed the next five minutes!
This is not “just a dog” or “just a cat”… these are blessings in our lives. They are lifesavers. They never do or say things that hurt our hearts. They are there for us when the two leggeds “are too busy with their own lives” or “they would rather not face the issue of your pain and sadness”.
These dear ones are perfect just the way they are! Know what?! They think we are perfect just the way we are!
© 2006 Francene Mattucci. All Rights Reserved.
Francene Mattucci founded Never Say Good Bye Pet Sitting Service in 1994 and is a member of Professional Petsitters International. She is recommended by the Humane Society of North Pinellas. Call 727-512-3206 or email
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