Quotation Blog #9

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Freedom: My Book of Firsts by Jaycee Dugard
 
I love the quote I chose because it I relate to it very much. Animals always make me feel better, and when I see them it reminds me that this world is not all bad. While people may be hard to bond with sometimes, you can always find a friend in an animal.
 
"I am so lucky to have so many animal friends in my life. They come in so many shapes and sizes and each has their own personality. What they have in common though, is their ability make me feel wanted and loved each in their own way" (Dugard 245).

I have personal experience with therapy animals and have grown up with surrounded by them. I had a golden retriever as a child that I would dress up in tutus, snuggle with and play with everyday. Her name was Daisy, and she was my first real best friend. Now I have a cocker spaniel and a German shepherd, and my family is getting another German shepherd puppy soon. My cocker spaniel, Patch, is ten and follows me everywhere I go. He loves to cuddle with me and just looks at me like I am the greatest person in the world. After traumatic experiences in my life, connecting with animals has been something I love. They are innocent, and show you love no matter what. Dugard talks a lot about her animals, her love for her cats and horses and how they make her feel. In psychiatric hospitals there are therapy animals for a reason. Dugard is victim of horrific molestation, assault and false imprisonment for eighteen years so her befriending of animals is therapeutic for her. She was manipulated and abused for eighteen years of her young life, and that was all she knew of the world. So having animals who make her feel loved and wanted is a powerful, meaningful thing. 
 
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