February 15-2009:
We Make Dogs Into What We Need And Want!
I recently circulated an article titled 'Why Do Some People Have Several Dogs.' And tonight I had an Epiphany, after I saw a discussion about dogs on pbs.org. So here is what I learned about people and their pet dogs:
Most people choose a dog or dogs to be something that they need to be or desire to be. For example, some people have dogs they can order around whenever they feel like it. To make them do things that they cannot get another human being to do.
Some people who may have lost a loved one, that made them feel special, by granting their every need or desire. So when that loved one dies or leaves them, a dog is adopted to help fill that longing or void to some extent.
Some people have problems showing love to their spouse or lover. But have no difficulty doing so to a dog they have as a pet. And this invariably causes friction within that relationship, whenever the other person feels that he or she is being ignored, and the dog seem to get most of the attention, even when not solicited.
Finally:
What I gathered from this discussion is that humans make dogs into beings that they can manipulate, and control, without any resentment or complaint. And fellow humans are not so inclined biologically or psychologically by nature.
Humans are unique individuals, with unique and singular needs, wants, and desires. And each individual feels that he or she is special, is desirous, and is important in the entire spectrum of the human experience.
Unlike dogs, or other pet animals, we are not solely dependent upon others for food, shelter, comfort, or protection from the elements.
And dogs and cats cannot have these privileges, without human intervention!
Derryck.
NYC.
We Make Dogs Into What We Need And Want!
I recently circulated an article titled 'Why Do Some People Have Several Dogs.' And tonight I had an Epiphany, after I saw a discussion about dogs on pbs.org. So here is what I learned about people and their pet dogs:
Most people choose a dog or dogs to be something that they need to be or desire to be. For example, some people have dogs they can order around whenever they feel like it. To make them do things that they cannot get another human being to do.
Some people who may have lost a loved one, that made them feel special, by granting their every need or desire. So when that loved one dies or leaves them, a dog is adopted to help fill that longing or void to some extent.
Some people have problems showing love to their spouse or lover. But have no difficulty doing so to a dog they have as a pet. And this invariably causes friction within that relationship, whenever the other person feels that he or she is being ignored, and the dog seem to get most of the attention, even when not solicited.
Finally:
What I gathered from this discussion is that humans make dogs into beings that they can manipulate, and control, without any resentment or complaint. And fellow humans are not so inclined biologically or psychologically by nature.
Humans are unique individuals, with unique and singular needs, wants, and desires. And each individual feels that he or she is special, is desirous, and is important in the entire spectrum of the human experience.
Unlike dogs, or other pet animals, we are not solely dependent upon others for food, shelter, comfort, or protection from the elements.
And dogs and cats cannot have these privileges, without human intervention!
Derryck.
NYC.
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