Yeah...I blogged about how awesome dogs are...deal with it

Man's best friend.


I dreamt about my beloved dog last night, Buddy. Is it bad that quite often I miss my buddy more than anything else? I often find myself daydreaming about the two of us hiking through trails and exploring the woods. There’s something special about being with a dog in the outdoors – free to run and roam like they were born to do. There’s always something special about the devotion of a dog to their owner. Why is it that men feel such a connection with this animal? Why is it that so many of us connect with our canine friends on such a deep level?

I often have found myself talking to my dog when we are stretched out on the couch together watching TV late into the night. He just lays there and listens…seeming to understand everything I’m saying and feeling. I say anything cause I know he won’t judge me or leave me. Please note I find these things I’m saying to be a bit ridiculous but there’s some strong truths to the way a man can connect with his dog.

We go through our days trying to feel good enough for the people around us. We try to live in the box that people expect us to live in. We sit at a desk and talk nice and act polite. Yet, when we get home and trek out into the woods with our dogs all that ends. The only thing a dog cares about is that you’re there, and that we’re going to go on an adventure together! You can drive a $1000 car or a $70,000 car; it just doesn’t matter. All that dog wants is to spend time with you. All it wants in end is the same thing I find myself wanting…to be free….to be accepted…to be loved.

Every time I go home I know that on those steps wiggling around uncontrollably in excitement will be Buddy. He doesn’t care if he looks ridiculous or foolish; he’s too excited to see me to think about that. I can’t wait for the day I can have my dog at my house and everyday we can trek out and I can be reminded what the spirit of a man is supposed to feel like. Everyday I can remember that we were made for adventure. We were made to explore and not fit in a box but to break them.

So here’s to all my canine friends that will forever be waiting at the door and forever be heading down the trails and going through life with their devoted owners. And here’s to remembering the spirit of man – here’s to taking life on as we were meant to – with devotion, with love, with a wild heart and a free heart!