Animal - Master Bond

The saying "dog is a man's best friend" is that I hold plenty of respect for. To start with unconditional love from a dog to a master is incomparable to that of another human being. Second, dog's do not blab secrets that you tell them! All kidding aside, the dog has and will be of man's best comrades, because they have what all of us require and require, this being an ability to put up with us, understand us better than they think they do, and the ability to make us feel better when they are mournful.

I do think that I may have an unhealthy relationship with my dog. When spending the gigantic majority of your day in close propinquity with an animal I have found it impossible not to grow used to the constence of him being there. On an ethical level, people may view this as unethical due to the fact that it may look to them that I require my dog to function as a human being. This is not the case. I require my dog to assist me in day to day activity that could be performed minus the dog, however is greatly enhanced with the assistants that he provides me.

On a personal level, I love spending time with my dog, and would his company to the company of most people. No he can not talk to me or give me advice on issues that I tell him about, however he is always there for me with a lick as well as a tail wag, letting me know in his own way that he loves me and desires to be with me.

Of work you will get the "oh he is so smart," or "Oh he is so well behaved in public," kind of people, however others again may view the fact that the dog is so in tune with what I am doing as a negative. I have talked with people historicallyin the past about my dog's willingness to be with me and why he travels in all places with me in lieu of lying in the corner round the clock or chasing cars like normal canines. The animal bond works ways: them being, the dog bonding to the master and the master bonding to the dog. I never knew the feeling of a human dog commensal relationship until I got to know my own dog, and it is a feeling that I won't trade for the world, and I would say that Luther feels the same as I do. They both respect each other, they both know what is expected of each other, they both know what buttons to press and not to press, and they definitely know how to have fun either with each other or apart. However going back to the unhealthy bonding issue, this is where I think I may have gone wrong with my dog.

By spending a lot time together, they have become used to each other's company, and when they are apart, I miss him terribly and I do know he feels the same way I do. Canines wear their emotions on their paws, and I can tell when he is stressed or upset as I am definite he can tell if I am feeling different than normal. This said, I would not trade or relationship for the world. Luther makes my life simpler, and in return, I provide him with love, a stable home, and everything else that a gigantic slab of lab needs to enjoy his life to the fullest.