It’s a dog’s life …

I love dogs. Especially Golden Retrievers.

I don’t have a dog as a pet right now, but I have had a few over the years. My first was a Golden Retriever named Sam who loved to play “hide and go seek” with me. I’ve had Black Labs, Australian Shepherds, even a Chow.

I’m visiting with my sister, and she has a Basset Hound named Sassy. As I spend time here, I find I routinely “interrupt” myself to pet or play with the dog. Sassy loves attention and I enjoy giving it to her.

It struck me a while ago as I set aside what I was doing to play with the dog that, in once sense, we probably treat dogs better than most of the humans we routinely interact with. How often do we simply interrupt ourselves to give our attention and affection to another person? And repeatedly so? How often in a day do we praise others? Do something for them they enjoy? Affirm and encourage them? Express our enjoyment of them?

As often as we do our dog?’

I hope so. If not, we might want to sober up about how we really interact with the people in our lives.

Scotty