DOGS HAVE A MIND OF THEIR OWN

THE THINGS MAN WANT US TO DO --- !!

that's the 9th time ....DON'T LIKE THIS -!

YOU GO FIRST.....



AM NOT JUMPING ANYMORE !!


HE WON'T LET GO OF HIS BONE..... EVEN IN THE BATH !

BONE TO PICK - !! PEOPLE THINK WE ARE BRAINLESS ! WE DO HAVE A LIFE MAN!! ...SIGH WHINE whine ... God DID give us brains to think .... not just be companions blindly..

DOGS ADAPTATION TO MAN

THEY PRAY ... ?
- HAVE TEDDY BEARS....

AND EXCERCISE MAT ...


-------------- PAL'S PAW FOR A PILLOW...

AND .....DO NOT LIKE TO BE ... LEFT OUT !!



BONE TO CHEW : DOGS DO EXHIBIT HUMAN TRAITS... THEY ADAPT TO MAN'S HABITS ... AND THEREFORE ..... ARE GOD'S GIFT TO MAN !

DOG VS DOG

Here I come !

WHERE are they ? ?

See them !!


OH OH !! Here he comes !! H E L P !!

SEE what HE did ? ! AWWWW !!

public response to pets

THE MEDIA and their views on dogs... i like these that were published. Unfortunately they are scans and sorry -! the colours are awful... But they do convey public views.
Note - the silky terrier looks like a Star Wars character - ! You know who ...and I wonder what causes us to grin... human face?

love ? God made companions-'pets' for humans...

Touching..... or realistic...images don't fool. Works both ways- man and animal ! Wordless but real . How we humans crave more and are so complicated and yet animals give all simply & unconditionally. What lessons we learn from them! -as God speaks through them to us! Companions for a reason... to learn of His true love.

dog's response to man

How dogs respond to humans...!! Condition : you too must bond well with them. It takes 2 to tango !!
Here's another response...music that can put man to sleep does the same with God's creatures...YES!! SEE the LINK ?

man's craze for his companions

And SO- ! MAN HAS CERTAINLY TAKEN TO HIS COMPANIONS HAS'NT HE ? !! ( remember last blog - God created them just for him ?) Now PROOF is shown here on how the Godly link has worked! NO other animal has this special link. (dogs & cats ie- er especially dogs )

And - HOW the furry beings have taken to MAN also !! note the way they have done so - !

note too:- man has HUMANIZED the furry beings !!

companions for man

In the last blog, I wrote about how God viewed pets. And used a passage in the bible that illustrated this. How is it we humans have a love for animals ? If you observe babies and young children, they always reach out to animals. What fear they show in childhood is always taught to them by adults..who had negative experiences and who pass it on to their children. So here again, I will pick passages from the bible - in fact in the very first book of the bible - the creation verses. Yes, right from the start ! Lets look at:- 1. Genesis 1:26 ' Then God said,"Let us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth." 2. Genesis 2:18 '

Then God said" It is not good for man to be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him". v19 and out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the sky, and brought them to man to see what he would call them; and whatever the man called a living creature, that was its name.'

ARE PETS GOD GIVEN ?

It is written in the BIBLE, approximately 2000 years ago in 2 Samuel, chapter 12 verses1 to 6

The LORD (God) sent Nathan (prophet) to (King) David.






When he came to him, he said, “There were two men in a certain town, one rich and the other poor. The rich man had a very large number of sheep and cattle,







- but the poor man had nothing except one little ewe lamb he had bought. He raised it, and it grew up with him and his children. It shared his food, drank from his cup and even slept in his arms. It was like a daughter to him.



“Now a traveler came
to the rich man, but the rich man refrained from taking one of his own sheep or cattle to prepare a meal for the traveler who had come to him.








Instead,he took the ewe lamb that belonged to the poor man and prepared it for the one who had come to him.”
David burned with anger against the man and said to Nathan, “As surely as the LORD lives, the man who did this deserves to die! He must pay for that lamb four times over, because he did such a thing and had no pity.”

- A BONE TO CHEW ON -
'a poor man '- not a rich one ..a poor man is entitled to keep a pet. Many people today think that only those who can afford it can keep one...suggesting that a pet is a waste of money, a luxury, a fancy...
'nothing except a little ewe lamb '-he had 'bought' the lamb... he had only the lamb as his only material possession...why keep it? Today people frown on this and consider it a luxury for a poor man to keep a creature that should be slaughtered instead, to feed his family .
- a poor man spending precious money on a lamb to keep as a pet- is that so wrong ?
'He raised it and grew up with him and his children.'. - a family pet ? What value is there in it for the poor family?
'shared his food, drank from his cup and even slept in his arms'. - the lamb apparently behaved like one of the family and was treated as one of the family..
.'a daughter to him. '- very much like how we treat our pets..

In that analogy, God used the prophet Nathan, to expose King David's famous sin of adultery and murder. The man in the analogy represented Bathsheba's husband Uriah and the lamb represented Bathsheba , the wife whom King David murdered Uriah for.

It is interesting that God used this 'man and his lamb' analogy..it is as if 1) He understood and endorsed man's need for a pet therefore allowing this analogy to be used in such an important lesson in the bible.God does not even frown on poor people owning pets. 2) It was not uncommon for people to keep animals as pets. 3) It may seem that pets have a real role in our lives and are God given.

A BONE TO PICK - !
DID GOD GIVE PETS A SPECIFIC ROLE OUR LIVES ? ?

DOG'S MORALITY ?

SO - ! DON'T YOU THINK WE KNOW OUR CREATOR TOO ?

A BONE TO PICK

Pastor Goh Yong Kuang commented in my blog MARCH 11, 2009:-
" 99.99999% of the Christian population in Singapore think little or nothing about our furry friends...worst of all, some think we are nuts in forging a relationship with them! Such people often point to the lack of instruction regarding animals.

These fellows forgot that the Bible was never written for animals but for sinful man & women who screwed up and as a result, brought sufferings to the rest of creation.
The Bible was written to address the sin of man, not animals...and animals will always be in God's creation plan, and I believe that we shall see them when God create the new heaven and new earth.

Don't let anyone call us an animal lover (as if we love animals instead of human beings). We are just trying to be good stewards of God's creation."

A DOG'S RESPONSE TO MAN ?

SUBMISSION OR FRIENDLY
RESPONSE FROM DOG ?

WELCOME (?)- FROM DUKE THE ROTTWEILER,
RECIPROCAL LICK -

tongue hanging out like a big
smile ..or Duke showing submission
in sticking out tongue..or.Duke 'smiling'
with joy of bonding..

So ...is there REAL joy for our dogs?
WHAT'S the dog's sense of
joy ? Satisfaction knowing his place
with his family of humans ... and ? ?

CAMARADERIE - paw on shoulder
expresses friendship ?

- not so-say the Scientists, it shows his dominance level ie 1st master, then the dog and the wife -a 3rd!
But we humans like to see it as affection....sighhh!

These animal scientists can really take the joy out of bonding.....!! We humans nevertheless totally disregard them...and keep enjoying our sense of bonding.
but what's the truth ? companionship ? real affection between man and dog ?

A DOG'S VIEW OF BONDING

A BONE TO PICK ! !
( dog's view )
BONDING WITH THOSE 2 LEGGED HUMANS? T-A-L-L ORDER - !






YOU GOTTA F-I-T INTO THEIR LIFESTYLE - WHATEVER
BOWL they provide......





Sleep where they tell you .......?









k-e-e-p CLEAN ---WHATEVER that means...

MESS? WHAT MESS? IT'S FUN TO ME !





B E G for FOOD !! ( what's b-e-g ? )
NOT S T E A L
(WHATEVER that means..if it's yummy it's yummy - !!)

S-m-i-l-e !!
'cos they like to see you s-m-i-l-e !! ( what's that ? ? )
AND if possible----
BE...................... LIKE THEM !!!!!

the DOGGY APPROACH

GETTING TO KNOW YOU


FACE TO FACE -
puppies touch,
another tries a
special approach to a cat (I'm lost & scared - can you be my friend & comfort me?),
KISS KISS! (hmm what do you taste like -!)
OR as they get older ...
SNIFF SNIFF (are you my friend? OR WHAT DID YOU EAT -yummy? or ?














LITTLE GIRLS are more spontaneous,innocent and brave !!

BONE TO CHEW ON
DOGS have lived with man for centuries. However we cannot interpret their response to us as if they were human. They are far more tactile in communication than man.Their priorities are different, as the Anthropologists tell us. For example - what we deem as a hug of friendship, they see it as you establishing your dominance towards them, and will allow it if they feel that you are of a lower rung than their master/leader of the pack. But will resent it and show their resentment by body language or growling to prevent you hugging them.You , however will interpret it as unfriendliness, which is not the case. Their senses of smell,taste and body language are their primary means to engage with one another. They do know our human age and do respect it . In one of my previous blogs, you can see dogs responding to babies differently as to adults. As puppies, they have more innocent ways of communicating amongst each other, much like us humans when we were young. .But like us, they are social creatures always trying to establish their social rung in their family.