Respect

Today is September 18 and according to the crazy calendar, it’s National Respect Day.  Humans need a day to remind themselves to respect others.  Go figure.  We dogs generally respect one another – because if we don’t there will be an argument.  That rarely happens in this house.  We know the signs for example, when we are getting too close when one of us has a bone.  We can certainly chew bones right next to each other - and we do, but we should not try to take another dog's bone.  That would not be considered respectful.  It would actually be plain old stupid. So we DO respect one another in this house.  Dogs usually learn to read the signs in other dogs which remind us to be respectful – ears back, a growl, standing stiff.  We read the signs and respect the warnings.  Young dogs may not understand the warning signs – so humans need to be careful in introducing young dogs to older dogs.  They need to understand respect.

While thinking about this day, my human decided to take a quiz, to see if we respect HER. The questions were things like, Does your dog come when called indoors and outdoors?  Would your dog act like dead weight if you tried to move him to a different location? Does your dog jump on you or lie on you uninvited?  So my human took the quiz.  And BIG trouble.  We love her – but don’t always respect her. I don’t think it’s true – she took the quiz based on ALL of our behaviours.  I’m SURE if she answered it for each of us individually, the results would have been different.  Sure it would.

Now she’s calling herself Rodney Dangerfield, and singing some Aretha Franklin song.  She said we are starting a New World Order.  She wants respect.  Heaven help us.  But I’m not worried.  Her command of the household will only last for a day or two.  We’ll let her THINK she is the one in charge…. And although we may not ALWAYS demonstrate respectful behaviour….we really DO love her.

Have a good one! Peace and paws up!