This is a Belgian Malinois -
Posted on 09/14/2011 4:52:15 AM PDT by expat1000
That IS the same story — again. It went from Hindu to a story that comforts animal lovers to The Twilight Zone. Interesting how the plots make the rounds.
This is a Belgian Malinois -
Hey, LJ!!! Yeah, from what I’ve heard, the Mal’s are pretty cool, too. *somewhere* I read/heard they’re like a GSD on steroids.
Heh
Some dogs dislike uniforms, or even people that are not dressed in ways they are not used to, or even move in a way they are used to. I’ve seen many dogs (I live in Thailand - there are dogs everywhere, pets as well as strays) that will get aggressive with crippled people or even very old hunched up people that are shuffling along, bent over, but otherwise lie like a log watching people come and go all day.
One dog of mine got extremely nervous around people with hats. Including me! She wouldn’t even sit if I was wearing a hat - just keep on circling around me. I took her in off the street so I don’t know if that was the result of a previous bad experience or not, but my guess is not. I think was simply because it was something she was not used to.
So your pal getting upset with the meter reader - it could be something simple like the uniform or hat, if he had one.
Dogs know who loves them.
When Bryan and I used to go hiking, I always stopped, asked permission, and petted the dogs we saw walking with their owners. Almost all of them loved me and Bryan.
The one that didn’t was with some really creepy people who kept trying to get me to pet their snarling, snapping little mongrel. I refused, of course, and felt very sorry for that poor little pup.
You aren’t too old for anything. And there would certainly be a lot of weeping and wailing by the mozlims if you were to do such a job.
And I’m stealing that picture.
I would have felt sorry for it, too.
Any dog who lives in a constant “red zone” is miserable.
They never get to relax.
We took Djinni in for her shots yesterday and there was a Pug there with a nice young girl.
It, of course, parked itself on my sneaker and let me love it up.
As I skritched him under his chin, I could feel the harsh tracheal rattles of “Pug breath” and wanted so badly to tell her that Pugs should never wear collars but earlier, she’d said it was her mom’s Pug and I reckon she didn’t have much say in his apparel.
Some people don’t mind helpful hints and others get angry...you never know which way it will go.
All truly great stories have an archetypal quality to them and will translate perfectly across all cultures...from Hindu to hillbilly, the story remains powerfully evocative.
That story is one that resonates with everyone...except soulless Muzzies, of course.
:)
[nodding]
You’re a wise and knowledgeable woman, Sal. You have lucky dogs.
Naaah...*I’m* the lucky one....:)
Yeah, it goes both ways, huh. [smiles]
May have been abused by someone who wore a hat. I know some people who have adopted dogs rescued from abusive situations. Things that remind them of that situation can put them in a defensive mode.
Would Christ have liked dogs? He was Jewish, and probably regarded them as impure. The only reference to dogs in the New Testament is the reply to the Canaanite woman - should I take the bread from the table and give it to the dogs - which seems to put them forward as an example of lowly beings.
Actually, the opposite is true; because the Jews refused to receive the message of the Kingdom, the message was given to the “dogs” (Gentiles), who received it gladly
The “dogs” received what the “children” threw away—the “dogs” responded in better faith than did the “children”, who ought to have been leading the “dogs” into knowledge of the Kingdom and its King in the first place!
Moreover, you are speaking of the One who created the wolf and gave man the intelligence to understand how to use selective breeding to bring about the first dogs.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.