A Dog's World

I am an avid Dog lover and I'm proud about it. I find them to be the most wonderful creatures on the planet. Their attitude towards life is something we can only watch and hope to learn someday. No, I don't mean drinking from the toilet should be a way of life but what I'm trying to get at is the way they live their lives.

Some dogs are lucky to have wonderful owners who adore them and love them and treat them like their own children but then there is the other end of the spectrum - the street dogs. In more human terms, its like the difference between the rich and the poor. But both classes have one thing in common - Loyalty. They are, by far, the most loyal and humble animals on the planet. I have never actually had my own pet dog but I have played around with different kinds of dogs; and the sense of joy that you get from such an experience is mind-blowing! For some strange reason I see dogs as vacuum cleaners that suck out all the stress and sorrow from a person's life.

They say a dog is a man's best friend and its perfectly true. I have known people who (for reasons that continue to puzzle me) talk to walls, lamp posts, chairs and even to flowers. And these are ordinary people who have their sanity intact and irrespective of what these people talk to, they find some sort of comfort from the one-sided conversations that they have. But have you ever had a conversation with a dog? I know it sounds crazy and by talking (to your dog), I don't mean that you ask questions in one voice and answer them on your dog's behalf (in another voice) cause then you'd just be downright stupid and people who catch you in the act might find you to be a really pathetic ventriloquist or just plain crazy!

So instead, just talk to your dog. It could be a question, an anecdote, a personal problem - anything! But once you are done talking and when you see your dog sitting by your side intently listening to you with his/her ears raised, it gives you a moment. I can't exactly define it, but its a feel - good moment. You feel as though you've just had one of the best conversations in your life and in a way it makes you feel significant irrespective of who you are. Even if you feel that you are a total loser; to your dog, you are everything ! To him/her, you are the most important person on the planet.

I know there might be a few of you who will try to prove me wrong by saying that the only reason that you seem important to them is because you feed them. The truth is a dog can survive for a long time with just a meager food supply and water. But what they really need is love. There was a recent research that proved that dogs actually live longer and healthier if their owners just show a little more love towards them.


So you get a loving companion; someone who believes in you more than you do and someone who can actually help see you through all the twists and turns of life. And you get all this just for a couple of meals a day, a big bowl of water and a lot of patting on the (dog's) head.

I don't know about you, but to me, that sounds like the best deal on the planet!

Bow - Wow Power!