Anyone who have met my furball, sensual, will know how she is simply the best dog in the world.
Ok fine, I am completely biased. But hey, aren’t all dog owners the same? 🙂
One of the reason why she is the best canine to me is because of the invaluable lessons I have learnt from her. She is a great teacher.
Incredible but true.
SENSUAL’S PAW FOR WISDOM
1. You don’t need a reason to be happy.
When I first had her, I was very puzzled why she was bouncing around all day long and she will repeat the same happy behaviour every day. I could not understand why she was always so joyful. It was seriously very confusing for me.
Then slowly I realized that she is just that.
Happy.
She did not see the need to find a reason to be happy.
On the contrary, I did! My over-thinking and over stimulated brain needed justification for everything. Yes, including a reason to be happy. Shocking.
2. I Love You and I will show you how!
If anyone is a mistress of the seven caring habits, that will be none other than sensual. When someone comes home, she will start her maniac race to the door, absolutely wild and delirious. She will run up and down crazily just so that she can come towards you again. Her tail will whip at a 1,000 miles per second.
She will be one crazy ecstatic dog bursting with joy.
As her total behaviour demonstrated, you will have no doubt in your head, you have just exploded her world with love and joy, just because you are home. Can’t deny that makes me feel like a million bucks.
I had to learn that from her, that if you care, you have to show it.
You cannot assume that someone knows that already. And if you have to be a bit more open about it, you just do it.
Everyone wants to feel love and affection.
Unfortunately our Asian mentality keeps us all shy and we find it hard to demonstrate care and concern. I am still working on it. And sensual’s daily behaviour is a handy reminder for me.
3. Good things are worth the wait.
When I head to the kitchen or when I open the fridge, sensual is always on HIGH FOOD ALERT. Even as I sit down to eat, she will sit there and stare at me.
She will wait….
And wait….
And wait….
She will take however long it takes for me to give in. Until at some point I have to surrender and find something for her on my plate or in her food corner. Doesn’t matter, her staring demands that she also gets food. And more often than me, yes, she wins.
Good things are worth the wait. Woof!
Indeed, how many times I am so anxious to see results. I will decide on a new habit and after one week, I give up because i feel that I cannot really see much results. Or I will embark on learning a new skill and decide all too quickly that it was too tedious, time-consuming and whatever excuses I can think of to justify that I should stop doing it.
Patience.
Sometimes, that is really all I need.
Sensual is a living furry testimonial to it.
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“A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself.”
– Josh Billings
What did you learn from your pet(s)?
Share it with me. 🙂
It’s humbling how much we can learn from them.
Have a happy, loving and patient day ahead. Woof! ;p
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