Are you the type of person who loves to be affectionate with cute doggies?

Are you the type of person who loves to be affectionate with cute doggies? Feb 21, 2019 15:24:22 GMT

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Post by ant-mac on Feb 21, 2019 15:24:22 GMT

Feb 21, 2019 1:21:19 GMT dirtypillows said:

Feb 20, 2019 11:50:45 GMT ant-mac said:

We all have our weaknesses, mate. There are a few specific breeds of dog, both large and small, that I am especially partial to.

Just the other day, there was a barking dog visiting my neighbour on the left. In irritation, I opened the back door to see what was going on - and came face-to-face with an absolutely gorgeous Red Setter. My resolve to be cranky vanished immediately.

At one point during my childhood,my parents and I lived next to a service station, which had a junk yard full of cars behind it. There were over a dozen dogs - each one a different species - living there and I was best friends with each one. But my absolute favourite was Tess the Red Setter. She was absolutely beautiful. And then one night, during a storm, she got out on to the highway and a truck came along...

"My resolve to be cranky vanished immediately" That is a warming sentiment. You are a warm person, I believe, ant-mac. Warm people are the best people. Yes, so true about having favorite breeds. After Westies (and they are my biggest weakness, no doubt), I love, in order, English Sheep Dogs, Cairn Terriers, Löwchen (think "Freeway" from the relentlessly stupid late 70s tv show, "Hart to Hart") and Irish Setters and English Bull Dogs. I also like mutts.

That was a sad story about Tess, the Red Setter. I don't know if I have ever met a Red Setter in real life. Honestly, sometimes I don't know how we, as human beings, can get over some of the stuff that we get thrown at us. Of course, I know that the alternative to not getting past hard stuff is dismal, maybe horrifying, but still...

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To be perfectly honest, the older I get, the less I know. In some ways, I'm becoming more of a mystery to myself with each passing year. There are times I barely recognize myself. However, in general, I think animals bring the best out in me, whilst people sometimes do the complete opposite. Although there are always exceptions to the rules.

The older I get, the longer it seems to take me to recover from some of the more unpleasant aspects of real life. In fact, I even occasionally make the mistake of revisiting and remembering past tragedies that I mistakenly believe can have no further effect on me.

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