Posted by BrendaTx on 6/25/06 8:08pm
Msg #128309
Lil Bit Update - $750 in Paypal and $125
$750 in Paypal and $125 anticipated checks
7:58 pm - Sunday 06-24-06 - $750 - $875
Another $150 and everyone can go home...until then...since no one else will "sing" or play the harp for us, we are going to have to read yet another corny notary dog story.
Teaching the Human "Vigilance"
by Ally - Texas, NSD CIP 12-28-04
Greetings to the overworked Notary Security Dog Population at Large:
Today, I think I finally taught my human female something worthwhile. Packs of you will know exactly where this Notary Security Dog (NSD) is "growling" from!
All this time, my human thought the reason I sit and watch her so intently is because I want attention or food. Hardly so! (But, heh, heh...humorous growl...I do not mind the attention benefits derived therefrom!)
By example, I am currently teaching my human the importance of attentive vigilance on one's master.
She's my master, and I am her humble servant. I have little on my mind except what she's doing because I know all good things that come to me come from my human. And, she's the one who is truly on MY side.
Oh sure, I like other people. Take for instance, the owners of my little buddy, Gretta Bean. Her house is across the street. Her masters don't love me like my own master loves me. They are nice, but they don't seem to understand that the world actually does revolve around *me.* They get all hung up on Gretta. It makes me jealous, but I have to tell you, sometimes they bring me toys and treats they slaughter and bring home wrapped up in certain form of dog amusement called the "Blue Wal-Mart Shopping Bag."
And, I have to admit, I LIKE what's inside of a Blue Wal-Mart Shopping Bag.
I learned about this form of pup pleasure from that highhanded little German Gretta gal I have mentioned above.
Dog Readers...Might I digress momentarily to tell you about Gretta?
About Gretta Bean Barber...
http://www.texas-signing-agent.com/realtor-texas/realtor-texas-gretta-home.jpg
Gretta Bean is a Miniature Dachshund. (Weiner Dog, heh heh!) She has two humans. One is a male realtor and the other is a female TAMU pre-med student.
The interesting thing to note about Gretta is her enjoyment of hunting. Even as small as she is, she hunts the plentiful Blue Wal-Mart Shopping Bag. Any size. Once the same is within her reach, she grips it in her jaw and kills it DEAD.
Following the kill, she engages the ancient dog ceremony of wearing her kill briefly as a headdress. This means she runs ritualistically through her territorial home with the Blue Wal-Mart Shopping Bag on her head..
Finally, she does what dogs call a "Tennesse Overkill Manuever." (That is, she "kills" the bag again.) At this point, she is a frenzied destroyer and a sight to behold.
At the end of this, a feral instinct cuts on my friend and she deftly guts the bag removing all of the doggie treats inside.
I, on the other hand, am not a thrill-seeking killer of the Blue Wal-Mart Shopping Bag. I will not kill such a bag because my own human uses them in the collection of household garbage, and I have also noted she uses them to put my food in to take to my human grandmother's house on overnight trips. My large jaws would shred such a bag, so I sit impatiently tapping my tail until my human performs the bag gutting for me. That way, she is able to utilize the dead bag for another purpose.
Okay, back to teaching a human the tributes of vigilance through demonstration:
When I am vigilant to keep my dog eyes and ears attuned to my human master, I get good things. I miss nothing that her subtle activities communicate to me. If I get side-tracked, like dogs are prone to do, I might miss the refrigerator door opening, or the covert hint of my master putting on her shoes whereupon I can act "cute" and get an extra walk down the road before she gets involved in something else.
If I were not vigilant, I would not hear my human sing my praises to Aunt Debbie when she's talking to her on the telephone. Hence, I would miss the serotonin-boosting moment of celebratory tail-wagging and knowing how wonderful my human believes me to be.
Or, I might not hear the 5:00 pm call come in from my human sibling (an adult male) signalling his return from the dreadful distant place known as "Work." Without my vigilance attuned to my human master's activities, I would miss an opportunity, to go sit at my window excitedly waiting to bark in the sibling's black truck's approach. As you know, Good NSDs bark the return of a beloved human and greet them upon approach to the territorial home!
If only my human would only keep her heart focused on the activities of her Master, think of all the blessings and good things that she would see in her life. Subtle things are easily missed.
As I have demonstrated to my human, the art of vigilance on her own Master's activities will increase her faith in her Master's providence. She might miss some of the good things He is more than willing to send her way if she not watchful and attuned to the nuances of His activities in her life.
Until next time: Wag your own tail! Bark joyously and live vigorously!
Reporting from Texas,
Ally
NSD CIP
Notary Security Dog (Certification Indefinitely Pending)
http://brenda-tx-notary-dog.blogspot.com/2004/12/teaching-human-vigilance.html
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