I Love My Dogs And I Give

Years Later, My Wife, Ilusion, Woke Me Up To The Realization That You Can't Just "dump" Your Whole Species Simply Because You've Had A Few Bad Encounters With Some Of Its Members. ... Intimacy's A Greater Goal To Seek. ...that True Knowledge Of Intimacy Within Our Own Species Will Allow Us To Pass It Along To Interspecies Relations.

Whenever I've Been Bitten, It's Because I Made A Mistake. I Either Misread The Dog's Body Language Or Let My Guard Down At The Wrong Time.

Denial,they Say, Stands For"don't Even Notice I Am Lying." Human Beings Are The Only Animals Who Are Happily Lied To By Our Own Minds About What Is Actually Happening Around Us.

It's An Up And Down Thing, The Human Goals, Because The Human Is Always An Explorer, An Adventurist.

I Think Some Dogs May Like The Attention Of Being Dressed Up By Their Humans Because They Interpret It As Affection, But Unless It's Something That You've Made The Dog Used To From The Time It Was A Puppy, It's Probably Going To Always Feel A Little Weird And Unnatural To The Dog. This Doesn't Mean I Think People Should Never Dress Their Dogs Up As Long As They Do It For The Right Reasons. If You're Putting Booties And A Coat On Your Dog To Protect It From The Weather, Then That's A Pretty Legitimate Reason.