I'll betcha Mavis is up on the couch tonight.

[flvegan]

I'll betcha that her mom and dad aren't getting drunk and stupid, and then mistreating nor neglecting her. I'll also bet that her mom and dad will be more attentive to their human child where Mavis is concerned. I'll bet that Mavis is being appreciated at a different level, loved more, and held in a higher esteem. I'll bet that she had a GREAT time hanging out with smbolisnch and her folks. I'll bet that she realizes what smbolisnch and her folks did for her, stepping in to be loving, caring and responsible. I'll bet that she knows to what lengths smbolisnch went to help her out.

I'll also bet that Mavis knows what a pivotal role she played in the lives of many people. I'll bet that she knows that peacebuzzard was ready to take her in, as was a certain goofball in Tampa. I'll bet that she knows that there's a whole group of folks behind her if she needs us. I'll bet she sleeps a little sounder because of it.

Dogs (and so many other animals) have this funny way of "knowing" things. Sort of a canine 6th or 7th sense. It's like they hear things that aren't spoken. I'll bet that's partially why her tail wagged so hard when Jen came to pick her up.

I think that her tail said many things for her. I think that it said, in no uncertain terms, "I'm glad to see you. I know deep down you love me, but you're messed up right now. I'll stand by you because that's what I do as part of my perfection. I don't judge, I forgive infinitely and I give love unfailingly. However, should you betray me, be aware that there are others that love me as unfailingly as I love you. Those people will see to it that I find a place where you can't betray me any more. Thank you, smbolisnch, for everything. Now let's go home."

Yeah. That's how it is.

Or maybe it's simpler than that. Maybe she was thinking the whole time that tail was going, "yo. Let's get something straight, savvy? I got a network, capice? You do me wrong, and this girl is gonna hook it up and drop a dime. If she can't make with the liberatin' THEN, this 400 pound gorilla with a ski mask, boltcutters and a bad attitude are gonna pay me a visit. You won't see it coming any more than you'll ever see me again. Now, crack open the Snausages, and let's make with the belly rubs."

Either way, I'll betcha Mavis is up on the couch tonight.

[shockra]

1. Animals are so much more psychically attuned...

And aware of all the subtleties that most of us have had trained out of us (blocked) early in life.

We'd be better off "living up" to them in that respect, rather than always assuming other animals are lower than us.

And their senses are more acute. Like the study that showed dogs could smell cancer when it was developing in people. They're much more useful as a tool of medicine intact and healthy than they are by being experimented on.

[smbolisnch]

2. Flvegan...........

You have left me speechless. I went from crying my eyes out reading that to laughing till I was crying again.

I don't even know what to say. You're the best...

:yourock: :hug:

[flvegan]

3. Nah, you're the best.

and you know why. If you don't think that you are, ask Mavis. She'd agree with me.

[peacebuzzard]

4. My best to you and Mavis too. Rudy and I will help however we can

He is one of my "special" pooches, that can sense when something is not right or someone is ill (he was my Jake's seeing eye dog when Jake went blind. He also knew the cancer he had was very serious--and wouldn't leave his side, )