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f3zza
08-06-2007, 01:02 AM
I am a member on a forum that gives you advice regarding owning and caring for your pet dog.

A thread over there recently brought to light that a lot of people have been healed from owning their dog and the unconditional love they have received from them. They have also helped the owners learn how to trust and love again.

Some members there have been given new leases of life after suffering such traumas as rape, sexual and physical abuse, depression, death of a loved one etc etc. Their dogs have given their lives new meaning and hope for a better future.

I have always been a dog owner and currently own a beautiful 6 month old dog named Maya who is a total joy and i feel enhances my life and perspective.

It is a beautiful and rewarding experience sharing your life with a K9 friend and a bond is developed that to me is unique.

For me when I wake up in the morning or come home from a stressful day at work, Maya always makes me smile with her wagging tail and excitement of seeing me and i know i am a lot less tense with her around.

Do any of you share your life with a dog or animal that in some way has healed you or made your future seem brighter?
Or do you have your own take on the relationship between man and beast?



My special friend:
http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/1108/pict2899mt2.jpg

p.s. I don't really see myself as Maya's owner, i actually think that we share our lives, but typing own/owner is easier.

rossus
08-06-2007, 01:57 AM
cute dog.

i have no pets... but i live at home and my mom's got a yellow canary bird as a present from someone who no longer wanted to take care of him.
no-one in the family here gives the little guy much attention.
they just watch him and let him sit in his cage.

i've become friends with him, and when i'm home (which is most of the day)
i let him fly inside the house. he loves me, but unfortunately he also needs me.
cause when i'm not around, there's nobody to play with him, let him out of his cage or give him love.

i'm planning to move soon or at least go travelling for a long time period,
the little guy's not going to like it. :(

now that i think of it, it's a bit cruel to just leave him alone like that.
i'd better not go travelling, and just move out and take him with me...