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Dogs and Us

Our pet Milo (a huge German Shepherd), is the inspiration for my very first blog post. 

Having seen Milo in action for quite some years now, I have noticed some interesting differences between his behaviour & us humans.  I am assuming here that Milo represents the entire race of dogs on the planet :)

In today's busy world, we humans do not seem to have the time to appreciate, acknowledge, or thank the people who do so much for us.  For example, today's youth do not seem to care how much their parents do for them.  They are more busy liking something on Facebook or Tweeting away.  If any of our really good/genuine friends emails us or calls us up we do not have time for them, but we do have the time for watching some inane/mundane television show.  If somebody does us a favour, we do not have the time to acknowledge it (we take it for granted).  On the other hand, if we do something good to anybody, we expect some appreciation/acknowledgement from them instantly.

Quite contrary to the above is the behaviour of Milo.  Normally, its Dad at home, who feeds Milo.  Once Milo has had his food, he immediately comes to Dad & licks his feet or hands, thus showing his appreciation.  Once when Dad & Mom were out of station, I had to take up the resonsibility of feeding Milo & he showed me the same love & affection.



There was also a stage when Milo wouldn't consume food unless one of the family members sat down beside him (He needed company, folks).

Similarly if anybody comes home & if Milo has met them previously then he'll go near them, smell them & lick them.  And it doesn't matter what time my brother (Milo's boss) comes back from office, Milo is always ready to jump on him & greet him. 

It is this unconditional love from Milo that is missing from us humans today.  Anything we do, seems to come with certain riders or expectations.
Will we change?

Comments

  1. Narain19 June 2011 at 01:16

    You are amazingly true, Kiran! Animals can often be our teachers. It is not without reason that our culture involves worshipping animals. - N. Narayanan

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  2. A V K Murthy19 June 2011 at 06:35

    You are right Kiran. The human race has a lot to learn from from the pets. Our Milo is a fine example.
    AVK

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  3. Ravi GP19 June 2011 at 09:24

    Great way to start your blog! Keep your wisdom flowing through this.

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  4. Piyush Gajjariya19 June 2011 at 20:45

    totally agree with your thoughts here Kiran. good start. i think we need to understand to talk face to face rather than on facebook. Keep it up.

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  5. Rajagopal Tholpadi19 June 2011 at 22:33

    Hi Kiran,
    As u hv rightly put it, only dogs can offer 'unconditional love'. This is very rare among us, the human race. We have been told, taught and also we are teaching our younger ones that, in this world nothing comes free. How foolish we are!.
    Way to go! keep it up Kiran. I know you will come out with many more interesting blogs like this, in the days to come!.
    - Rajagopal Tholpadi

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  6. Kiran A K22 June 2011 at 21:14

    Thank you everybody for the feedback.

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  7. Swathy Kiran24 June 2011 at 10:25

    great start hubby!!! keep up ur work like this only. all the best!

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