In order to really enjoy a dog, one doesn't merely try to train him to be semi-human. The point of it is to open oneself to the possibility of becoming partly a dog.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.
People say I train dogs, but in many ways I train people.
Dogs like to learn stuff, if not from another dog, then people are OK... They love activity, playing, interesting walks, and just belonging, being together.
The dog is almost human in its demand for living interest, yet fatally less than human in its inability to foresee.
You can tell by the kindness of a dog how a human should be.
Every dog might wish to be Dog One, but like us, most dogs want membership in the group even more than they want supremacy over others.
Why does watching a dog be a dog fill one with happiness?
When dogs fulfill their roles they are ecstatically happy.
Because of the dog's joyfulness, our own is increased. It is no small gift. It is not the least reason why we should honor as love the dog of our own life, and the dog down the street, and all the dogs not yet born.
People acquire a dog, don't understand it, can't train it, get fed up, and... offer it for adoption, hoping to pass on the problem to somebody else. But nobody wants a problem dog.
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