Man with his 2 dogs
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Helping to each other…
From that evening, life had been never been so boring again… Now every morning
comes with new possibilities, possibilities to learn new things, unlearn, realize,
correct, trust, respect… possibility of Jaggs being a Therapy Dog, Possibility of Murphy
becoming famous for all good reasons in the town. And I becoming a more responsible
and sensitive person, fitter, content and happy. The aching muscles no more could
stop me from showing on track. What more lesser mortar like we three could have
expected in this life??
Next day, we all three were same, the strays, the pedigrees, humans around us
nothing had changed… the only thing that had changed was, we consciously becoming
reflection of each other and learning / unlearning from each other. Charity begins at
home… the first change that happened in me is, I gave rest to my mind while walking
with Jaggs or Murphy. Instead of analyzing I started observing. One smart thing I did
is, I tagged myself to Murphy & Jaggs for both morning and evening walk. As a result,
I started walking 10Km average in a day. Both Murphy who was becoming obese and
me became fitter day by day. Even today after the walker came last month, I still walk
them in once in a day by turn.
I trained myself on Dog behavior more through observation rather than reading. I
realized like humans, dogs has their own personality. Like a twins which are so
different, Jaggs and Murphy are completely poles apart. I started my training during
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