That is one interesting lesson from the dogs: live in the present. They appear to have memory of good and bad - of actions that bring rewards and people who they do not like but they do not dwell in the past with gripes that they carry around with them and keep them up at night. Nor do they appear to worry about what will happen later today, tomorrow or next week. How delightful to take each moment in the moment. Every smell is new (not always ones I would like!) as is every action.
Right now Colin is visiting with his Mom, Kelcie, and he is parading through the living room with a toy he found in the dog room. To his delight, it has a hole in it already so he is festooning the living room with Kaypok. There is another toy (that I have not seen in months) that has been eviscerated and I see a minimum of seven (!) dead bones that have been carefully retrieved from the basket and brought out to the the living room.
His greatest desire is for his Mom, Kelcie & Ailsa to play but they are being contented snoozers on the sofa digesting breakfast (and cooking babies!). Now I need to bring out the MONSTER machine and clean up the decorations - much to his chagrin (the entertainment, though, is that everybody will be up and moving and he can BARK).
Ginger
