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Things Our Dogs Teach Us About Love By Deanna, on February 14th, 2009 |   Our dogs love totally, completely and unconditionally. Not only that, there are many lesson we can learn from our wonderful canine companions, about love and about life. Here’s just a few…
- Love comes with responsibility. Love takes time and effort. When someone loves you and counts on you, you have to be there to do your part. Sometimes this means putting their needs ahead of your own.
- Play is important. Love is fun. Love is great. Sure, there’s responsibility, but part of that responsibility is to play, play, play and enjoy each other’s company.
- Poop happens. Yep, sometimes some not-very-sweet stuff ends up where you wish it hadn’t, but that’s okay. It’s just part of the whole package. Clean it up and get back to the good stuff. Learn to forgive and forget.
- Don’t take love for granted. Surprises and little gifts for no reason other than to show love are good.
- It’s important to spend time together. You don’t always have to be doing something special.
- Sometimes it’s just really nice to sit in the same room and do nothing together. There can be a lot of comfort in that.
- Accept each other. Neither of you are perfect. Take the good with the bad, the odd with the commonplace. Love is bigger than the small stuff that gets under your skin.
- Trust and honor love. Don’t ever, ever abuse it. Love is the greatest gift you’ll ever have, and it’s downright criminal to ever do anything wrong or cruel in the name of love.
- Respect each other’s boundaries. You both need your own space. You both have your own needs. Neither of you should try to dominate the other.
- Good relationships take work. Once you take on the responsibility of a relationship, you have to be willing to work at it. Sometimes there’s nothing you’d like to do more than kick back and take it easy, but you’ve committed to (for example) going on a walk. Get up and go. It’s be well worth the effort.
- Non-verbal communication can speak louder than words.
- Touch, hug, smile, speak softly.
- Separations are tough… but reunions are sweet.
- Everyone wants and needs love.
- Deal with problems when they come up.
- They won’t just go away, and problems sure can make love tough.
- Sloppy kisses are great. (Enough said about that one.)
Do you have any love or life lessons to share that you learned from your dog?
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Happy Valentines Day to you Deanna, and Kev, the boys, and the kitties, and Boo (was that the Parrots name?). Hope Kev gives you something really nice.
And Happy Valentine's Day to you and your babies too, Jess. Yup, Boo
Having a nice day with the guy and babies. Thnks!
D.
Hi group our furry friends are great they are allways there to say hi I love you no matter what you know no matter how many times I leave and come back my dogs act like its been at least a week since they seen me and there is no better feeling when you get kisses first thing in the morning what a way to start the day …..jeffrey
No matter how mean and creul someone can be, dogs continue to love. They continue to be open and loving to strangers. As humans, we see the horrors that our fellow humans can inflict on these gentle creatures. But we also see some of the most incredible people alive doing everything in their power to help animals. It is easy to close ourselves off because of what other individuals have done to us. Our dogs help us learn that if we can stay open, we can discover there are good people out there and we can find the love and happiness we deserve.
I love my babies Chichi and Cricket and they love me!!! I never scold them or raise my voice at them.If they poop or pee on the floor by accident,I just clean it up and go on.I love and care for them and protect them and in turn they give me unconditional love.there my whole world.that's why I love dogs so much!!!!:o3
Deanna, Happy valentines and thank you for the work you do!
we had an Akita named Rocky who blessed our lives for 15 years. and he was the best friend a family could have asked for . we had to have him put to sleep last summer (due to age, illness, ect. But i wanted to tell you that on the night before his passing, my daughter and i brought him into our front room so that he could be comfortable. Kelly and i would take turns (or together) lying next to him thru the night. if one of us (or both ) would leave his side, he would cry the most heartbreaking cry. we knew that he was suffering so we made the decision to let him go. we miss Rocky every day, but we know that he is looking down on us an smiling!