Happy Birthday Murphy

I’ve had three great loves in my life: my wife, my kids and Murphy. Today he turns three. He still has a lot of puppy left in him (last night he stole one of my gardening gloves and ran laps around the yard with it while I yelled for him to stop). But he’s also come a long way as a member of our family and as my favorite hunting companion. He never leaves my side without permission in the field. He barks if someone strange shows up in our yard. He also sleeps with us almost every night, which is my way of saying he is spoiled rotten. He has literally claimed an entire couch in our house and we are happy to let him do it.  

I’ve had a lot of dogs in my life and I’ve loved them all…but this one has something special.  So happy birthday and many more buddy.

“He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog.

You are his life, his love, his leader.

He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart.

You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion.”