About a month ago, my husband noticed a dirty, skinny, furry, but cute, dog outside his brother's house. The dog caught his eye because she looked quite innocent and hungry. For days this dog would wander in front of my brother-in-law's house searching for food. We slowly started to gather compassion for her as we tried to feed her, gave her water, and finally managed to pet her without her cowering away.
This dog is now our pet and we have named her Pina. Pina is very mysterious to me because she is so different than our other dogs. Maybe it's because she is an indoor dog or maybe it's because she is so much smaller than a pitbull and a lab mixed with german shepard, but Pina is very interesting.
One thing that all our dogs do have in common though, is that they all long for human companionship. They love being around us and my outdoor dogs cry when I haven't gone to hang out with them for days. When we go for a walk they get so excited that they behave well and sit at the front gate waiting for us to put the leash on. Pina follows me around the house when we are home alone. She even wants to follow me into the bathroom, but I don't let her because I feel too awkward. She doesn't care what I'm doing, she just wants to be next to me and sits down next to me by the computer, by the kitchen sink, outside the bathroom door, next to the couch. When she is home alone and hears me coming she jumps so high in the air it's amazing to believe her short legs can resist.
Watching my dogs has made me realize that life is not meant to be lived alone. That statement is true for animals as much as humans. There's something so interesting about life that makes us want to share it with others, and no life is better lived than one full of companionship.
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Companionship
About a month ago, my husband noticed a dirty, skinny, furry, but cute, dog outside his brother's house. The dog caught his eye because she looked quite innocent and hungry. For days this dog would wander in front of my brother-in-law's house searching for food. We slowly started to gather compassion for her as we tried to feed her, gave her water, and finally managed to pet her without her cowering away.
This dog is now our pet and we have named her Pina. Pina is very mysterious to me because she is so different than our other dogs. Maybe it's because she is an indoor dog or maybe it's because she is so much smaller than a pitbull and a lab mixed with german shepard, but Pina is very interesting.
One thing that all our dogs do have in common though, is that they all long for human companionship. They love being around us and my outdoor dogs cry when I haven't gone to hang out with them for days. When we go for a walk they get so excited that they behave well and sit at the front gate waiting for us to put the leash on. Pina follows me around the house when we are home alone. She even wants to follow me into the bathroom, but I don't let her because I feel too awkward. She doesn't care what I'm doing, she just wants to be next to me and sits down next to me by the computer, by the kitchen sink, outside the bathroom door, next to the couch. When she is home alone and hears me coming she jumps so high in the air it's amazing to believe her short legs can resist.
Watching my dogs has made me realize that life is not meant to be lived alone. That statement is true for animals as much as humans. There's something so interesting about life that makes us want to share it with others, and no life is better lived than one full of companionship.
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