I am going to explain why I love my dog more than anything in the world. About 7 months ago, I went through chemotherapy on my lower lip. I was fatigued, tired and depressed. When I expressed my feelings toward my dog, my dog got very depressed and tired like I was. It then occurred to me that dogs don't have defense mechanisms like human beings who shield themselves off somewhat from your pain. When a dog loves you, the dog opens its heart fully to you. The dog feels what you feel. My wife felt bad for me, of course, but she had her own life. My dog doesn't have a life independent of my feelings. I don't know if that is good or bad. But that's the way my dog is.
Anyway, When I saw my dog getting depressed over me expressing my feelings, I said I better stop this because I don't want my dog getting depressed.
Now I do admit some mothers are truly aligned with their children's feelings. My late first wife was that way.
I love my dog because her feelings are always there for me, unadulterated and pure. And she passes no judgement, just feels what I feel and identifies with all my emotions |
