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Jon Orton's avatar

"...if his blood pressure is spiking from fear, his elation at seeing so much more of life makes it worthwhile..." You're as good a study of dogs as you are of people.

I've been lucky to have had dogs in my life for many years and it's easy to see the light in their eyes when they're doing new things with you compared to the lacklustre look when they've not been out for a few days. One little beauty kept me company on runs for 16 years, through jungle and on road and her brown eyes sparkled every day at the thought of what she'd seen or what she was about to see outside the garden walls.

She was a lightweight and so managed to run over 16,000km in that time but her hips started to wear out once she turned 16 and so her last couple of years were spent walking on the beach, then a few hundred metres along the street and later just a few metres around the garden. Then, when she was finally unable to even do that and the light had gone from her eyes, I asked the vet to call in. That was 6 years ago but I still miss her and seeing the elation she felt when running.

If we were to see life with the simplicity that animals do we'd probably be a lot happier.

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Three Eyed Goddess's avatar

$PAT$ in the 'Proud to be an American Since 1776' t-shirt is hilarious, you're killing me Linh!

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