Be more like my dog

This is just too cute. But apparently it’s effective. Is there anything that a dog can’t help with? Reading Education Assistance Dogs

It’s been an odd 10 days or so with dental surgery, traffic court, and other interesting experiences. The one that warmed my heart had to do with my cat. In my attempt to avoid last year’s problem of strange animals hanging out in my garage and eating my cat’s food, I decided that I would lock her in (with food and water) at night. Well, last week I hadn’t seen poor kitty for several days and I was really getting worried. I feared that she’d found a new home. I decided that feeding her in the garage was not working and that I’d have to just put the food outside and hope she got at least some of it before it was consumed by squirrels, visiting cats, raccoons, or whatever. I went to get the food bowls out of the garage and when I opened the door, there was my poor kitty. She had been locked inside for days without food! Thankfully, she did have a litter box and water. I picked up kitty and held her close to my heart. What did she do? What cats do – she sweetly purred. What a role model for not holding a grudge. BTW, she was hungry, but her health does not appear to have been harmed.

Well, this may not technically fit “Be more like my dog”, since neither of us can dance. But look at this dog and his owner. I’ve watched the video 3 times. Gosh, I wish I could dance as well as that dog :-)

K9-Freestylers

I can’t find the little book that I started some time ago, but here’s what I can think of now.

• Play nice with others
• Go after what you want (he will dive under water for his logs)
• Keep the pack together when you go for a walk
• If you take someone’s pig ear and they try to kill you, don’t get your feelings hurt – just don’t take their pig ear again
• Be persistent (but not too pushy) in getting others to play with you
• Find joy in life every day
• Learn a lot of fun games
• Assume the whole world loves you
• Don’t poop in the house or bite people
• Try your best to do what is asked of you
• Wag your tail (smile) every time someone looks at you
• If you want a kiss, you’ve got to get in someone’s face
• Relax

How’s that for a start?