Care of your Person

The job of a dog, and I am one, is to set an example to People of how to live a good life.

Perhaps the hardest part it to keep them enaged so that they pay attention and learn from you. As all dogs know, life's secrets are simple. The point is to explore as much as possible, to have adventures as much as possible, to relish small things like crumbs and smells and to engage in larger things like guiding and helping and alerting and protecting.

So to pass on this knowledge you have to get your Person's attention. Try looking at your person with soft eyes. Try knocking over a plant. Try pressing your nose into their leg. Lead them outside and make sure they slow down for the good stuff. Show them your endless enthusiasm for activity, your love of relaxation, the keen way your mind attends to stimuli. Bounce as much as possible, make them giggle, keep them too busy to grow broody. Act a little helpless because it is very good for them to think of others. When they look a little sour, smile at them. Or burp.

The better off they are, the better off you will be!