The Dog Days of Summer

I like to think 

The dog days of summer are code

They mean that dogs

Are thinking about getting on the road

Gravel highways

Leading them to a brand new place 

Where ducks 

Fly into the blind with their subtle grace

The masters

That they depend on for fun

Have trained

And loaded up their camo favorite gun

And soon 

They get to jump from great boats

Towards a duck

Or a goose, or some other dead thing that floats

They retrieve

That thing the dog's master just shot

The smell

And the taste of what they've got

Is the reason

That every tough thing that they do

Brings happiness

To each dog and their hunt masters too

And the reward 

Being all that they expect

Is a pet

Or a 'good dog' cause that's all that they get

Dedicated to Peat, Remmington, Ruger, Clyde, Harley, Meah and Abigail.