Why I like dogs more than people:

They can’t be false --  their tails give them away -- unlike the person who will use her smile as a weapon.

They don’t look for ulterior motives or hidden meanings; they take you at your word.

They don’t expect you to be anyone other than who you are, and they accept you for who you are.

Unconditional love; they ( Read more... )

I swear my dog is telepathic.  Seriously.  This dog can transmit her feelings like waves crashing against a shoreline.  Lying on the floor, head between paws, eyes huge and intense, she stares at me.  Before I am even aware that she has plopped herself down in ‘transmit mode’, I feel her presence.  She directs the full measure of her craving-of-the ( Read more... )

 It's been a crappy week - both D & I have been down with the flu the whole bloody week.  Lizzie is bored to tears with both of us and has now perfected the pathetic head-between-the-paws & eyes-rolled-upward stare.  She's ready to run an ad for new human companions because these two slugs won't even get out of bed any more to take her for a walk ( Read more... )