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Owners
Tracy A Gustafson and Richard W Mitchell

Invite you to visit us at

Brier Cross Kennel (North)
&
Tag-a-Long Farm
30 Cross Street
Seekonk, MA 02771

click above for
Aerial View & Photos of Horses on the Farm

Brier Cross Kennel (South)
2635 SW 4th Lane
Cape Coral, Florida 33991

Call 508-399-6742 - Massachusetts
239-282-2156 - Florida
508-395-1363 - Cell

or e-mail
Tracyg31458@netzero.net
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ongoing glitch with the web site host/server being
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Established 2001

Certificate - Accomplishments

Tracy A Gustafson
and
Richard W Mitchell

A Dog's Prayer

(photos, of Berlyn, Cross and Brier below by Jan Leaden)

Treat me kindly, my beloved master, for no heart in all the world is more grateful for kindness, than the loving heart of me.

Do not break my spirit with a stick, for though I should lick your hand between the blows, your patience and understanding will more quickly teach me the things you would have me do.

Speak to me often, for your voice is the world's sweet music, as you must know by the fierce wagging of my tail when your footstep falls upon my ear.

When it is cold and wet, please take me inside for I am now a domesticated animal, no longer used to bitter elements and I ask no greater glory than the privilege of sitting at your feet beside the hearth. Though had you no home, I would rather follow you through ice and snow, than rest upon the softest pillow in the warmest home in all the land for you are my god and I am your devoted worshipper.

Keep my pan filled with fresh water, for although I should not reproach you were it dry, I cannot tell you when I suffer thirst. Feed me clean food that I may stay well, to romp and play and do your bidding, to walk by your side, and stand ready, willing, and able to protect you with my life, should your life be in danger.

And beloved master, should the Great Master see fit to deprive me of my health or sight, do not turn me away from you. Rather, hold me gently in your arms as skilled hands grant me the merciful boon of eternal rest and I will leave you knowing with the last breath I draw, my fate was ever safest in your hands.

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