One fall
morning I was headed home from TCU around 3:00 a.m. I was extremely distraught and upset. It had to do with a boy – go figure! I had not told my parents I was coming
home. I just felt emotionally drained so
I headed that way. When I arrived home
my mom was already up. She said that
Peerless our dog had been acting weird for the past 30 minutes. He wanted to go outside. He was waiting anxiously at the front door. He was acting in ways he usually didn’t in
the middle of the night. When I turned
the key in the door, my mom realized why.
Call me crazy, but that dog knew I was headed that way. I like to say that dogs have a sixth sense –
let’s call it “Dog Sense”.
We
adopted Peerless when I was in sixth grade.
On the way home from picking him up, Peerless was crying in the backseat
and so was I. “We don’t know how to take
care of him!” I was convinced the dog
would not live a week. He turned 16 (112
in dog years) last year. :)
I think
the human race could learn a lot from these special beings.
Dogs
have no time for the negative stuff in life.
Every
day is the best day ever! I got a new
toy! #bestdayever I went on a walk!
#bestdayever I chased a squirrel! #bestdayever
Dogs
don’t discriminate.
You’re
my new best friend! You’re my new best
friend! You’re my new best friend too!
#bff
It
doesn’t matter what you look like, smell like, dress like. They just adore you because you are a human
with hands who can pet them and tell them “Good boy!”
Dogs
have no shame.
“I gotta
poop and I’m gonna poop here. Yep, I
know you’re watching, but when ya gotta go ya gotta go!”
Dogs are
determined.
They may
miss the tennis ball 4/5 times, but they are going to keep trying to get it!
Dogs
love unconditionally.
“Sometimes
you forget to refill my food bowl right away when it is empty. Sometimes I have to cross my legs a little
longer than I would like. Sometimes you
don’t give me belly rubs when I ask, but I still love you!” *lick lick lick*
We could
learn a lot about life and love from dogs.
“People
are born so that they can learn how to live a good life. Like, loving everybody all the time, and
being nice. Well, dogs already know how
to do that, so they don’t have to stay as long.”
~a 6 year old’s perspective on
why dogs don’t live as long as humans
Buzz Ya
Later,
Whit
