Call me a dog

It was an accident.

At the entrance of my neighborhood is a police car and few people that gathered on the side of the road. I look deeper to see what had occurred and saw a Golden Labrador Retriever obviously hurt laying on its side barely moving, my heart sank. It must have been hit by a car.  I noticed a little boy walking towards the dog calling him by its name as his mom talks to officer.  They must have been driving around looking for their dog and found it lying there.  Dogs will always do what most dogs do.  As the boy approaches the badly injured broken dog, I wasnt surprised with what i saw.

      The dog opened its eyes, slowly raised its head and appeared to use all it’s strength just so it could wag its tail.  Now if that isn’t reassuring of something that any doglover comes to expect from their canine companions, I dont know what is.  Consistently they aim to please hoping to get only a fraction of the effort and attention it gives, most importantly possessing a loyalty that is unrivaled.

     Here and there I hear men being referred to as dogs.  There’s a saying that goes, “Lay with dogs, and you’ll wake up with fleas”.  Also to mistreat another is said to treat someone like a dog or dogging someone out.

     All the while how rare it is to find cats that care, not only do they always land on their feet, but even when that fails, they still have 8 more lives to spare.  For a man’s best friend, life sure can be unfair.

     So love a dog soundly for their time passes 7 times faster.  They’re happy till the end to be your friend, be glad you get to be their master.

     So worry not if some compared us men to dogs, because that could actually be a compliment because after all, we’re only human.