My dog doesn´t take life too serious, not even himself.
He likes joining me everywhere, feeling quite save and knowing nothing bad will happen to him. In contrast to us humans, it is not even in his consideration. For him there only exists THAT one possibility - everything will go the right way!
It doesn´t occur to him there could be happening anything bad to us at all. Neither the fact, that he might not get fed. "Why not? I love her!"
My dog obviously feels alright the way he is every second of the day.
When making a mistake or he makes me angry, he feels sorry and apologizing himself to me and the issue is forgotten straight away - vanished from his head and doesn´t affect any following second of his life.
My dog can have fun running after a plastic bag that is waving all over the beach, losing himself with full devotion in this game only to find in the end, that he´s lost the chase.
But my dog doesn´t care. To him, it was about the chase itself, not about the final resolution - and he doesn´t feel like a loser at all.
My dog is a happily and highly representative of NOT-OWNING!
He doesn´t feel he needs to own anything, which is pretty practical.
He wouldn´t try to dominate another dog by claiming their toys, neither does he care if anyone took the flyball i bought for him. (Whose one was it again?!)
Things are just mere objects to him and they only exist to supply a good time of play and happiness. He needs them to have only fun, not to proclaim and certify his personality.
I want to be like him, sharing everything with everyone and deattaching myself from any object in order to make me feel free.
Furthermore he is equally up for an adventure in the field, a game in the yard or a snooze in the house.
No matter the circumstances he is in, no matter where the flow of life takes him, he tries to make the best out of it - and succeeds! Following his only bliss: HAPPINESS.
He can find happiness in a 3 hour sunbathing snooze on the balcony, same as in a 2 hour game on the beach with the most unsocial dogs in the world.
He can have fun with a bunch of leaves as much as enjoying sitting somewhere watching people passing by, shouting at each other (in Spain a lot of people use a high volume to chat with each other) or having beer on the beach. (My dog doesn´t like beer, by the way, but he really likes peers).
He loves me, no matter if it was even ME behaving wrongly towards him.
With me apologizing (i never tried not to do so!) he is always amiable and everything between us is like it was before.
His trust in me is deep and he is sure of any love for him.
Don´t you assume now that he is sticking to me like a piece of butter to a frying pan all day long. He doen´t seek for attention, neither do i have to adore him 24 hours a day.
He is likely to spend half a day on the beach but adopting the attitude to spend those hours in 3mtrs distance from me. And when at home I often need to find him somewhere snoozing quietly seperated from me in another room or corner.
The most adorable thing about my dog, though, is his unquestioned self confidence!
I wished i could imbibe this, too.
Every dog we meet he sees a possible play mate in him!
Some dogs are not likely that easy at playing and socialising.
Being told off harshly then by another dog that was suggested to become the best friend of his life ("Oh yeah! We could be friends forever!!") he is trotting away without any feelings of shame or rejection.
His body says: "Ah yeah! My hole! Just going here then and getting that hole dug deeper!"
And on some days I think I can see a speech bubble rising above his head saying: "I am sooo amazing in digging this hole,though!"
Forgotten about the rejection he had suffered before and I am not even sure, if he even feels rejection at all.
He just doesn´t take anything personal! Nothing in this world can touch his very identity, can shatter his meaning structure of being him and that is what makes him happy, adorable, confident and most of all - FREE!
