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A Dog’s Purpose, A Dog’s Journey – Bruce Cameron

13 Saturday Feb 2016

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Bruce Cameron is my favorite dog author, both “A Dog’s Purpose” and “A Dog’s Journey” were read in 4-hour cover-to cover inhalations. I encourage anyone who loves dogs to read these 2 books, in fact as I am cutting and pasting quotes into this post I am crying just a bit.

Some Bruce Cameron quotes:

“You can usually tell that a man is good if he has a dog who loves him.”

“The job of a good dog was ultimately to be with them, remaining by their sides no matter what course their lives might take. All I could do now was offer him comfort, the assurance that as he left this life he was not alone but rather was tended by the dog who loved him more than anything in the whole world.”

“But humans drive the cars and decide when dogs eat and where dogs live and clearly this was something else in their power – they could find their dogs when they needed them.”

“I guess I had never bothered to consider that there might such a thing as a boy, but now that I had found one, I thought it was just about the most wonderful concept in the world. He smelled of mud and sugar and an animal I’d never scented before, and a faint meaty odor clung to his fingers, so I licked them.”

“Some people just don’t appreciate having a dog around. It’s sad to think there are people like that. I knew Gloria was that way—maybe that’s why she could never be truly happy.”

“You can usually tell that a man is good if he has a dog who loves him.”

“My dog’s name is Tucker, and his DNA is unidentifiable and suspect.”

“As I sat in the sun on the wooden dock that jutted out into the pond, I knew this to be true: my name was Buddy, and I was a good dog.”

“A bouquet of wonderful scents met my nose, and my heart leaped when I realized who I was smelling.
‘Molly!’ I heard someone call.
I whipped my head around everywhere and there they were, the people I’d been smelling. Everyone I’d ever loved in my life, standing at the edge of the water, smiling and clapping. I saw Ethan and Hannah and Trent and CJ standing in front, along with Andi and Maya and Jakob and all the others.
‘Bailey!’ Ethan yelled waving.
My names was Toby, and Buddy, and Molly and Max and Bailey and Ellie. I was a good dog, and this was my reward. Now I would get to be with the people I loved.
I turned, whimpering with you, and swam toward those golden shores.”

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The Jungle Book!

15 Tuesday Sep 2015

Posted by johnjernigan in Movies, My Favorite Things

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Bathtime Anger

20 Monday Jul 2015

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Cricket and Squeak will lay on the bed and ignore me for a while, and then they’ll be my friends again 🙂

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Hello Again Tampa Bay

10 Wednesday Jun 2015

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My 1st two days back at DFL, so far so good! Lil nugget renditions of Cricket and Possum for my desk

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Sleepytime, My Family’s Last Night in South Florida

02 Tuesday Jun 2015

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Cricket the Destroyer

23 Thursday Apr 2015

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When it’s a rainy day and the kids are trapped inside with nothing to do…I guess I’m lucky it was a $1 Carebears pillow that I got at the flea market instead of one of the motel’s pillows

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A Beautiful Little Video To Make You Cry

16 Thursday Apr 2015

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“I don’t like that they die, I want them to be standing up”

“These animals, you gotta take care of them and not eat them!”

“Why are you crying?”

“I’m just touched by you, you are saying something beautiful”

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This Bathtime Thing is Bullshit

08 Wednesday Apr 2015

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Squeak will ignore me for hours after her bath, she calls it a “civil right’s violation” and “animal cruelty.”

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Farm Heroes & a Fat Raccoon

13 Friday Mar 2015

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My favorite facebook game and my favorite (wild) animal

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Baby Wombat Kung Fu Master

13 Friday Mar 2015

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Barry the Pug Gets It In

10 Tuesday Mar 2015

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The Greatest Love of All

01 Sunday Mar 2015

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The Greatest Love of All is inside of me (not in a sexual way)

I believe the children err dogs are our future

R.I.P. Bobbi Xtina 😦 oh wait she ain’t dead?

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Dogs is People Too

25 Wednesday Feb 2015

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Let Sleeping Dogs Lie

22 Saturday Nov 2014

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Possum, Squeak, Cricket & Lucy Jernigan

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Pug & Baby Fight Over a Cookie

12 Sunday Oct 2014

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Interspecies Friendships

12 Sunday Oct 2014

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That Bitch Guilty

28 Sunday Sep 2014

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Bella the German Shepherd Throws a Fit

23 Tuesday Sep 2014

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What’s That Smell?

21 Sunday Sep 2014

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Whenever I bake something or cook something on slow roast for a couple of hours Cricket loses her damn mind… she can smell it but she can’t see it. She goes over by the oven and whines and sometimes she’ll bark.

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Baby Bath Time

15 Monday Sep 2014

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Cricket used to be small and cute 🙂

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The Wild Rumpus

11 Thursday Sep 2014

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Boston Terrier Love

25 Monday Aug 2014

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Introducing Pets

24 Sunday Aug 2014

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My friend Melissa has a one-legged Australian Shepherd named Maverick and a deaf cat named Romeo, who’s kind of a creeper. One night last week we decided to introduce our babies to each other. Maverick did bark a little as we got near, but only because he was excited, as he is a GOOD dog. He kind of rushed up to sniff Cricket, who doesn’t like to be crowded, so she growled and lunged for his face. I jerked her back just in time, because if they fought Maverick would probably kick her ass, three legs or not. My baby Squeak was so good, she and Maverick ran around Melissa’s apartment and played and had a good time. She tried to befriend Romeo, by laying down on her stomach and being submissive, but was ignored. Squeak in no way tried to attack Romeo, in fact she liked him. Curious then that when Cricket and Squeak are out on a walk they go crazy when they see a cat, Cricket will literally choke herself straining on the leash to try and get at it. Since Cricket killed a cat in 2012 and they are her enemies, I had to hold her the entire time, not easy with her weighing 33 pounds and shaking and struggling and whining to get to Romeo. I think it’s the wolf and pitbull in Cricket that makes her act that way.
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French Bulldog Jammin’

20 Wednesday Aug 2014

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Squeak Makes Her Bed

17 Sunday Aug 2014

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Cricket vs Mr. Bull & Ms. Cow

17 Sunday Aug 2014

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Flea Market Sunday

17 Sunday Aug 2014

Posted by johnjernigan in My Favorite Things, Please Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood

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My Wagon Wheel flea market purchases:

A raccoon $4
8 travel size and 1 regular toothpaste $3
dented tortilla Pringles 50 cents
hot cinnamon sugar almonds $3
canvas/painting in a good frame, to be provided to one of my emerging artists to paint over $5
CVS generic Tylenol 50 cents
Red sunglasses $1 (I think they Versace)

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Faith in Humanity Restored

16 Saturday Aug 2014

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The Obligatory Make You Cry Video

11 Monday Aug 2014

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Their Grandpa just lost his wife of 63 years, and their elderly dog had recently died as well. If this doesn’t make you shed a tear, you’re a terrorist, kill yourself, dead

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A Naked Scalped One Legged Prostitute Murder

08 Friday Aug 2014

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