I just wanted to start off with a thank you for everything you’ve done for me so far. You have given me a loving home with good food to eat, fun toys to play with, and people to always scratch my belly. Ever since you helped me escape that prison of a cage, I vowed to devote my entire life to you.

Devoting everything I have means I don’t like to see you when you’re upset. When you come home in a daze because you don’t know which paper to begin writing or crying because you had a fight with your best friend, my heart is breaking just as much as yours. I can’t process what is wrong, but I would do anything to see you happy. Just know I'm always trying to cheer you up.

I’ll wag my tail for the rest of time if it means you will crack a smile. I’ll roll around on the carpet if it means I get to hear your laugh again. You have filled my heart with so much happiness in the numbered days since we met, and I long to make you as happy as the first time you smiled at me.

I know it seems rough now. My biggest trauma of the day is whether to chew on my stuffed duck or penguin, and I know that’s a choice you’d rather have. I would write a million business reports for you even if it meant you could just breathe and put your feet up for an hour.

I do care. I know I can get annoying, but think about how I’m always there for you. When I stare at you with my full attention, it’s because I care. When I whine to crawl on your lap, it’s because I want to be that someone you can always rely on. I don’t say much, but I can promise I’ll always listen. I’ll lick your tears away and nuzzle into your chest to hold me for as long as you need. While I’d much rather be on a walk, it’s not an exciting event when my human isn’t feeling as happy as I am. Just know I care even if I don't understand.

The day I met you, I knew I wanted to be a part of the life. I signed a mental pact with myself: rich or poor, sickness or in health, I’ll be by your side until death do us part. Dramatic, I know, but you saved me from my prison of a shelter cage. Now I’m returning the favor to save you from your prison that is your mind.

I’ll love you forever, my human.