Or perhaps it would be more appropriate to write that ideas become more obvious when people take a walk and let the mind reveal what it knows. It can be said that what we consciously know is only the tip of the iceberg. Often more is revealed if we...
Articles with the Tag dogs
Seven Year Old Dog Sold To A Strange Woman-Story Unfolds At Portland Airport
Years ago in the Portland, Oregon airport I found myself waiting in line to go through security check. It was about 8:45 in the morning and it was busy. It seemed that everyone must have decided to take an early flight, because I have never seen the lines that...
Dog Breeders Go With Gut Before Selling Puppies
I wanted to find a seat near the entrance to the airplane. Strategic it was; it didn’t take much calculating. Row five was closer to the exit door than taking a seat way in the back. A middle seat was open right next to a woman who...
Apologize Even When You Don’t Know Why?
There doesn’t seem to be a reason! You don’t know what happened. You haven’t a clue, and that is clue spelled with a capital “C.” Your beloved animal friend, companion and family member is creating a problem and therefore you have an issue that you didn’t have before. You...
Do Animals Have Empathy? Really. Who Wants to Know?
Yes, I heard it on public radio one morning this week. Perhaps I was too tired and really misunderstood. Can people really be asking this question?!! The radio person who announced this story told the listeners that animal lovers readily accept the notion/understand that empathy and compassion are inherent...
Please Don’t Mistake Small Size for Small Intelligence!
I don’t know why people do this, but many do. It seems that some people decide that small animals lack intelligence.Is it because their head size is small? Do these same people assume that humans who are short with little heads lack great intelligence? These two little sisters seem...
Pets Can and Do Sabotage Like People !!!!!
Perhaps they did it first because it can be argued that animals were on this earth before we humans entered the picture. I am talking about a topic that I seldom hear people converse about animal sabotage. We know that people do this and probably most people can see it...
Pet Saves A Life
I have heard it enough to know that it isn’t just talk. Numerous stories have found their way to my ears about people who were so emotionally low and claim that animals kept them alive. In plain English, their pets kept them from committing suicide. One woman said “if...