If we were to see only their thoughts walking along the road, the dog walker would most likely be thinking about all of the things on her to-do list for the day, and it would all start the moment she got back to the house. The dogs, most likely, would know instinctively the walk was just about over and would be happy to once again have their paws off of the hot asphalt.
Of course, that is just my interpretation. In reality, I haven’t a clue. But seeing them day after day walking along the same route, how exciting can it be? She has an obligation to walk them, and they get to be outside of the house, if only for a few minutes. Blah, blah, bah…
What if the dogs were much smarter than we give them credit for? What if, as they walked along the neighborhood they were contemplating the vastness of space, or what if through their senses they could feel the tectonic plates shift and knew it was only a matter of time now.
How much different
would life be if the animal kingdom could communicate with us? Would they be constantly telling us what we
were doing wrong? How our pollution was affecting
all aspects of the globe, or what the long-term effects were of our nuclear
testing. Or perhaps of how yanking on
the leash hurts their neck, and oh how they wished we were smarter.
1 comment:
So true! I think that they do know more than we do. Looking into Ranger's eyes I always wondered what he was thinking and if he were trying to communicate telepathically with me. We always went for a 'walk & sniff'. It was his time to enjoy the outside.
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