Animal friends

I own two dogs.  Bella is a 3 year old Doberman and Vito is a 8 year old large Yorkshire terrier; or maybe a mix of something... we're not quite sure! 

Bella has her name because she is “beautiful” inside and out , but she’s very much a typical dog- she loves chewing bones, playing ball (when she eventually drops it!) and most importantly, eating. Vito has his name after the “Godfather” and he believes he’s in charge! He yapps in the car; at people; when guests arrive and when they leave! But I wouldn't change them for the world.  They're by my side through good times and bad, giving unconditional love.

I love the Irish Proverb “A dog owns nothing, yet is seldom dissatisfied” and this reminded me that most of us have SO MUCH- homes, food, clothes, warmth, light and many many possessions, but we still find even the littlest of things to trouble us. Another person’s opinion doesn’t match our own, so and so hasn't rung me; worrying about the family; discontent with our job; the rain hasn’t stopped all day, we wish we could be on holiday instead of working away all the time etc etc etc...

Bella and Vito don’t go on holiday, they don't care about what other dogs think; they face as much rain as we do, and sometimes they want to do things which we won’t let them do (more than sometimes- quite often in fact!) like eating biscuits constantly or sleeping on the couch when they’re covered in mud, but they wake up every morning, leap on my bed wagging their tails expectantly with a happy expression.

No day is the same, the sniffs in the garden each morning will have changed, and they don’t know where they might go on a walk. Each day is a whole new adventure for a dog; especially on Saturday when Bella cut her back leg in the garden and had to have an emergency visit to the vet, for 3 stitches! The mean looking doberman suddenly was a shivering, fearful animal, wondering what an earth was going on!

Let’s take a few lessons from our animal-friends Another perspective on life is never a bad thing, it helps us to reconsider and define our own thoughts so that they are truer than ever to the right that lies within each of us. Love.



Vito




Bella