If you never owned a dog your life has been incomplete. Owning a dog is not difficult or burdensome. The only bar to dog ownership are serious allergies,
landlord prohibitions or you’re gone away from home for long periods of
time.
Today there are a surprising number of dog friendly
employers that allow pets to be brought to work. I’ve even seen this at locally owned TV
stations. I think many companies are
learning that being dog friendly is actually good for business, productivity
and certainly employee morale.
Dogs are a tremendous cure for depression and walking them
insures you get more exercise and perhaps a longer life.
Dogs are also wonderful matchmakers for their unattached owners! Dogs make it a lot easier for members of the
opposite sex to approach each other on the street. Egos always interfere with our first meetings
but when a dog is present ego problems seem to simply vanish.
A dog will bring a smile a minute to your face and that
translates to improving your appearance and personality. Dogs are fun, funny and lovable. There are no
bad dogs, just bad owners.
A dog will always help you through a crisis, heartbreak or
even a bad day. Their loyalty to you is never
in question. They sense when you’re sad
or lonely and will give you the special attention you need. The money spent on
food and veterinary healthcare will bring you priceless joy in return.
I’ve seen good relationships and marriages saved simply because
laughter is returned to a house house with the introduction of a new dog. When laughter leaves a home that is a sign
that divorce may not be far away.
Housebreaking and training your dog is easy. The dog will be training you at the same
time! Instructions don’t come with a dog
but pet stores have lots of books and the Internet is filled with lots of
helpful information.
Shelters always have an abundance of dogs of every kind and
size that are in desperate need of adoption.
The truth is that they adopt us asking for only love, kindness and some
food in return.
The only downside is that their lives are too short. But
when they pass on there is always another doggie that needs you as much as you
needed the loyal friend that just crossed that Rainbow Bridge.
If you believe in Heaven and it’s reward you will see every
critter you ever loved there or it would not be heaven.
The last thing I will say is that dogs will bring out your
best behavior. When I was a cop
arresting people, I always asked they if the had a dog when I was booking
them. I did this to make sure that the
dog was not locked up in some dwelling without food and water. I would help the arrestee notify friends and
relatives to avoid a tragedy. What I
learned doing that was surprising.
Virtually none of the people I arrested owned dogs!
Perhaps it’s true that the Devil’s work is done with idle
hands. Dogs will keep their owners busy
loving them and that seems to prevent and incredible amount of anti-social
behavior.
If you don’t have a dog perhaps you need to be rescued!
