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There are many characters in our house.  I will mention a few.  We have a menagerie here:  eight cats and four dogs.  And each pet has a distinct personality.  Let us start off with one of the dogs, the oldest–“Pax”.

“Pax” is a rottweiler/boxer mix.  He is one intimidating dog–almost an hundred pounds–scary as all hell.  He is really a pussy cat–all bark and no bite.  He will run out into the yard and situate himself in the furthest right hand corner and bark at his neighbor who had the audacity to walk out into his yard which is directly across the street.

“Pax” is a scaredy cat.  We have to bring him to the vet when his ears need to be cleaned out; for they muzzle him there.  He is a baby as big as he is.  It is difficult giving him antibiotics to clear up his ear infection.  We have to fool him.  Give him something he likes like bread, put a pill in one slice and then keep coming with the slices so he has to swallow one before he can eat the next.

When we were down to one dog, “Sweetie”, a female golden retriever, entered our lives.  “Pax” wanted nothing to do with her (did I mention “Pax” is a he).  It was hilarious.  No matter how many times he growled at her, she threw herself on him over and over.  Sweetie is one happy go lucky dog.

We planned to get her fixed as soon as possible; but the worst possible scenario happened and you guessed it “Pax” impregnated “Sweetie”.

The day we were supposed to be at my sister’s house in Plymouth, Sweetie had seven pups on our bed no less.  One died and we sold four and I did not have the heart to separate the last two.  So “Atilla the Hun” (“Tilla” for short) and Coco entered our lives.

I have to say “Atilla The Hun” is not vicious by by (???) means but is aggressive:  If you throw four scraps of food at the feet of our four dogs, he will get three.  I call him “Atilla The Hun” because others laugh at that name.  He is really a sweet dog although he does not realize he is all of sixty-six pounds for he will sometimes try to snuggle on our laps.

There will be more about theses two pups and you will see why “Tilla” was originally named “Atilla The Hun”. In fact he may warrant an entire blog or more to relate his antics. (to be continued)

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This I have no doubt of.  Anyone, who has ever had a pet also has no doubt of this.  Each cat or dog (whatever pet you have had) has a distinct personality.  I am convinced God put pets in this world to teach us to love over and over:  for a simple reason we usually outlive them and then have to get a new pet and start all over loving them.

Any animal you spent any time around has a personality.  I am not an animal activist.  The Bible clearly says (in Genesis) we are to be good stewards of the resources He has given us.  We raise crops and beef and chickens and pigs and that is a short list to consume them.  I believe we should respect the animals we raise to eat.  That means they should be treated humanely and with respect.  And I did not mean to digress to this extent but I felt I had to say this so others reading would understand my position as much as I could in this small space.

Anyway each animal has a soul (and spirit).  The American Indian understood this well.  The buffalo was very important to them.  It supplied them with many things:  food, hide for their tents and that is just an incomplete list.  They treated the buffalo with respect as well as the rest of the environment.  They wanted to co-exist not conquer their environment as the American settler often did, chopping down whole tracts of trees with no regard how this practice would impact the rest of the environment.  The passenger pigeon, which at times were so numerous they actually blocked out the sun, have been extinct in the United States for many decades.  They were killed indiscriminately by the millions for food.  That is just two examples of not respecting your environment and the impact of unwise practices.

But to get back to animals.  Yes, each one has a soul and all you have to do is to love one dog to find that out (or another animal).  Then you would have no doubt of this.

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