Zinnia’s new bed is in a popular dog spot in a small room in an old farmhouse. Some people worried about what would happen to Bud. Others asked about Fate. I was more worried about Zinnia, who will give her food away if another dog wants it. She is not territorial in any way.
We think we have to teach our dogs how to live, but most of the time, they teach me how to live, share, negotiate and get along without wars or armies. That’s what they do all the time. They make humans look completely inept when it comes to getting along.
We got the bed yesterday. At first, Bud just took it over while Zinnia looked on, kind of puzzled,
By 8 p.m., Bud and Zinnia were sharing it. By 9 p.m., Fate had taken it over and Zinnia and Bud were happy being near it or leaning on it.
Dogs rarely get the chance to solve their own problems – we humans often step in and interfere – but dogs are pack animals, of course, and they solve problems all the time. They also learn to share, negotiate, and back off.
There is ease and trust with Zinnia, Bud, and Fate, they get everything they need and get out of one another’s way and share what they have.
The bed is a great metaphor for the adaptability of dogs. If dogs were in congress, this might be the best run country on the earth, instead of the spiritual home of Marjorie Taylor Greene.
We don’t need to worry about who’s going to use our new dog bed. All of them are.
We have a huge Big Barker dog bed for our Neapolitan Mastiff, Draco. Usually, he ends up on the floor, while our two cats occupy the bed. I have many pictures of the cats hogging the bed, while Draco lays on the floor next to the bed. He is too polite to ask them to move.
Love this story and photos.
That’s the warmth that defeats the winter of our weather, and our world.