National Dog Show host, Seinfeld actor John O'Hurley, shares his thoughts on the dogs in our lives in the poem below called, "The Perfect Dog." [see below]

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The Perfect Dog



My son asked a question as little boys do

Of me in my wisdom and all that I knew.



“Is there a dog that is perfect?” he asked on a whim,

Well, I thought and I thought about where to begin.



“He’d have ears that were floppy… or cropped and alert

And eyes that were sleepy… or perky and pert,

He’d leap like a bunny or sit in your lap

And run fast as horses… or opt for a nap.



“A dog that is perfect would be covered in spots

Or maybe one-color … and then have spots-not.



“He’d be small as a teacup… or big as a house,

With a nose that seemed flattened … or long like a mouse,



“He’d swim and he’d hunt with a coat flying free

Or be dainty and delicate … and ‘He’d’ be a ‘She’



As I struggled to answer, and not with a clue,

My son, with a smile, said, out of the blue,

With the wisdom of children, what he already knew…



The dog that is perfect … is the one next to you.

- John O'Hurley