Me and my dog.

[tedswhinebar]

Hi all,

My passion is my dog. He is my life. Walking in the country or parks even on the pavements gives me that sense of satisfaction that I cannot get with another human being.

To have a dog that you love to bits and to share every moment is a wonderful thing. Everyone should have a dog.

[Angela]

Oh, Julie, I envy you having such a wonderful doggy companion!

I wish for you that you at some point will generate a loving, passionate, satisfying companionship with a human being, too.

Lots of love,
Angela

[Tigerlilly]

There truly is something undemanding and peaceful in the presence of a dog happily trotting along next to you on a walk through the fields that you very seldomly get with another person.

[GrowWear]

Having a pet to love is one of the things that makes life such a pleasure.

[Excellent Lodestar]

I think one of the reasons we find Dogs so attractive is that they are like Little(or Big) Zen Masters--They take each moment as it comes.

Blyth wrote:"It(dog) does not look before and after and pine for what is not. When it is warm it basks in the Sun; when it rains it whimpers to be let in.There is nothing between the sun and the puppy, the rain and the whimper"...

They have the capacity to see things directly, unencumbered by any obscuring conceptualization.

I think they call that "satori" LOL...

[Tigerlilly]

Originally Posted by Excellent Lodestar

I think one of the reasons we find Dogs so attractive is that they are like Little(or Big) Zen Masters.

That is exactly what went through my mind as well, Zen. You just watch your dog nose through the grass or run after a stick or a hare(which she'll never catch anyway) and it takes you out of your head and into the present moment and the world around you. It's basically the same watching cats play, chasing flies or just lying in the sun asleep, pure delight.