RED FLAGS

Ouch!!! That hurt my feelings. And it all comes down to our ability to read sign. In reflecting back on that day, I do remember reading strong signs of authority coming from that lady. The way she walked towards us with an air of superiority and the tone in her voice when she called her dog told me that she meant business. And the way her kids followed submissively behind her indicated to me just who wore the pants in that family.

I can relate to ignorance with people for they know not what they do. I’ve been ignorant myself so many, many times in so many, many situations throughout my sixty plus years of living. And I can relate to arrogance with people too, for I deal with that myself, often. Sometimes it’s hard not to be arrogant, especially when your as gifted as I am. Ha, ha, ha (that was a joke, followed by a belly laugh, ) LOL. Which brings me to my point.

Humor, or lack-there-of, is one of my biggest RED FLAGS when I need to make quick judgment about somebody’s intent. Ya just can’t fake a good belly laugh at the precise moment in time. It is either real or its phony and when people don’t laugh at all, in the presence of things that are truly funny, then I get suspicious about their purpose and intent.

Now, in getting back to that day in question I will say this: Those pups were funny. Some of the rare antics I saw that day with my Husky and our new friend, the Shitzu pup, was a true gift of natural pleasure. They romped around doing mock alpha rolls and spinning break-a-ways like I’ve never seen before. I remember making comments about the pups doing their dancing rituals and how funny it was. I was hoping that she and her girls might see the humor and/or maybe greet me like a friendly neighbor, but she didn’t.
It may be years before I see some of those precious canine moves again and that is part of the reason I laughed so hard.

I was trying to help her and her two girls see the beauty of how natural wolf behavior can come to the surface in those rare displays of mock fighting with our pups. Oh well, there is always tomorrow, and today is still young. LOL.
Dale