| I love these dog checks. They bring such good | | | | photo with me everywhere I go, a picture that |
| memories back to me. I grew up on a farm where | | | | makes me smile and never ceases to take me back |
| the dogs ran free through the fields and orchards | | | | home. |
| and barns. There was Bob, Shep, Cliff, and many | | | | I live in a city now where I am unable to have dogs. |
| many others over the years. The dogs brought the | | | | Instead, I have babies of my own to push in a |
| cows in for milking; they kept the sheep corralled | | | | stroller, and more scrapes and bruises to doctor than |
| during sheering season; they kept the calves in tow | | | | I have bandages for. My companions are six - 12 |
| for branding. Most importantly to me, however, they | | | | year olds and my excursions are carpools to school |
| were my babies being pulled in a red wagon baby | | | | and soccer games. Life is so fast paced now, it |
| buggy; they were my patients with broken legs and | | | | moves persistently forward, at a much faster pace |
| appendicitis; they were my companions on berry | | | | than it did when I was young. Gone are the lazy |
| picking excursions. | | | | summer days, when I could be found with a dog or |
| When I first saw these dog checks from a custom | | | | two feasting at the foot of an apple tree. |
| designed check printing company, the memories | | | | Gone are the cows and the fields and the barns. |
| came flooding back to me; all those warm and cozy | | | | Gone are the orchards and crops. Gone is my father |
| feelings of days gone by. How could I pass up the | | | | who brought the whole farm to life. Gone are the |
| opportunity to have checks that I look at nearly | | | | dogs! With Designer Checks, however, I can, if for |
| every day that reminds me of the good ol' days and | | | | mere moments during a day, bring the dogs and the |
| the good ol' dogs of my youth? It is like carrying a | | | | past back to life. |