Can you love your dog too much? Discussions

I love what you wrote. I don't think you are crazy or inappropriate. The fact you question and reflect on everything you feel shows a very sound mind and most of all, a huge, playful heart. As I was reading your reflection, I was very moved. And it was the first time I read something that reminded me of how I felt about dogs, about owning our shelter dog. In the end when you say that you are quite aware he is not human and perhaps that canineness is what fascinates you the most, that just broke me. I feel the same way. It's this other species, in some ways below us but in many ways superior to us because they have instinct, profound loyalty and a heart for service and devotion. They could run off and just travel along the pastures or the woods or wherever they would choose to go and yet they prefer to stay, they get so attached and form such a bond with another species, indulging the fact that we often don't understand the most basic things about life. That just moves me about my dog or about other animals that have relationships with humans like dolphins, whales, birds, any service animals. I don't think it's a replacement for a baby, it's not either or, it's way more complicated than that. It's a unique relationship that cannot be replicated anywhere else. And the inner silence and peace that I see in my dogs eyes in which he exists most of the time, i don't see that in any other human except perhaps in the Dalai Lama or someone like that. That is worth seeking and it's an honor being around. That's my five cents, anyway. Thank you for the article, it's a real love letter about the wonders of loving a canine companion, accomplice or trusty co-traveler through life.

5 months ago by Dankaness