What is more important, your relationship with your PET or your relationships with humans?
Touchy subject, yes? And it’s the perfect day for me to address the issue, as I found out this morning that my precious Max (Max the Wonder Dog) has cancer and will probably be with us for a very short time.
I’m basically calling this amazingly beautiful creature BMIES (best money I’ve ever spent), well, unless maybe it was that investment I made in the dating service where I met Mr. Ferman. What was the best investment? Hmm. Difficult call…
I sobbed like I hadn’t sobbed in a long time last night. About this animal that loved me and comforted me and played with me and walked with me for eight years.
I have a favorite place to hide: It’s on my backyard swing, overlooking the golf course and a beautiful pond where geese, ducks, and the occasional heron fly by to inspire me. That’s where I like to take my naps, far enough from the house that I can’t hear the phone ringing. And Max sits there with me, always, watching over me and protecting me, watching over me.
Understanding the nature of this kind of love that pet owners experience, I’m not sure is really possible for someone who has never lived with, cared for, and deeply loved a creature as magnificent as Max has been to us.
The truth is that love is beautiful in all its forms. The heart muscle is exercised and developed every time we use it. The heart likes to love and needs to love and be loved. Our trusted animal companions give us that opportunity, and I say, this is a good thing.
My best girlfriend is a true “girly girl” and we hit it off when Max joined our family. Initially, she recoiled from him, worried that her hair or a little bit of slime from her might alter her cuteness (she had never lived with a pet and admitted that she just…she wasn’t a pet person). dogs). Well, as you can imagine, seeing a picture of Max the Wonder Dog, her dislike for him didn’t last long: Between Max and her boyfriend’s two puppies, she’s now become a huge fan of the canine and can’t imagine life. no endearing traces of hair on his pant leg. This kind of love is really hard to “get” until it happens to you.
Back to my world as a matchmaker. I hate to see one of my Clients veto a potential candidate because of his preference (or dislike) for pets. I mean, if this particular person has a lot of the other key criteria for him, then absolutely: get to know each other and explore the possibilities.
This is how my clients David and Susie solved it. Susie is terribly allergic to cats and she was inclined to decline David’s invitation to meet up, as he is an animal rescue enthusiast and has three cats at home. In fact, they met, fell in love and now live together. They turned their garage into Kitty Cat Heaven and cars park in the driveway. He can have his cats, and they have each other too. That’s what I call thinking outside the sandbox.
Personally, I believe that loving an animal is good for the soul and gives us the opportunity to practice the skills we need to have a healthy relationship with our fellow human beings: we have to exercise compassion, flexibility, patience, commitment and sacrifice – Yet here’s a big benefit – Being around animals brings out our playful inner child and develops the ever critical sense of humor that is on the “must have” list of just about every online dating profile ever written.
If you have never had the experience of having an animal that you love with all your heart, I suggest you start dating more pet owners. Falling in love with a pet owner could give you the opportunity to have that experience. Gift with purchase.
And if you want, say a little prayer for Max the Wonder Dog that his remaining days are sweet, and that on the other side there are lots of cookies and a rabbit, just one rabbit he might catch. .
