It’s a good time for me in life! I have a great wife, a great dog, a cool cat, and work at a great animal shelter. I’m slowly building a training business. I’ve changed carrer paths multiple times, always with advancement and money as motivation. At this stage of my life, I could care less about either. My motivation now is the same as a dogs, basically. They so much want to just please us humans & make our lives better, I so much right now am only focused on making each dog & pet family I come across better.
I’ve never worried about what may come, always (well, almost, i am still a little bit human) living for the moment. I forget the bad stuff that has happened. Much like my last story of the dog groups. I yell/get yelled at, take a break, a couple minutes later all’s good. If a certain situation starts to happen over & over, a dog can develop an undesirable learned behavior. Thats where we as “the smart species” need to help them. But generally, they forget it and go on just happy & friends, they don’t hold onto things (normally).
I have a board/train pup coming next week, he’s a 60# lab/doberman less than year old. My wife asked what she should do if she can’t handle him, in order for him to go potty. My answer: “you’ll be able to.” Simple. I’m putting into her head now she can, think it it’ll happen.
So what’s the point? Energy is everything. Stay calm and confident. Believe and it’ll happen. I’ve been thru and done a lot in life (probably don’t deserve how good I have it), but I’ve mostly tried to be good to others…now I’m in a place I can give back to needy (for me – the dogs) and pass it on.
Do something for somebody/thing needy today, just because.
Be more like a dog: live for the moment, try to please someone else. Enjoy!
