{"id":2363,"date":"2008-11-18T16:47:40","date_gmt":"2008-11-18T20:47:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lifewithhappiness.com\/?p=298"},"modified":"2018-10-02T13:36:58","modified_gmt":"2018-10-02T17:36:58","slug":"happiness-is-a-wet-dog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/2008\/11\/happiness-is-a-wet-dog\/","title":{"rendered":"Happiness is a wet dog"},"content":{"rendered":"
So, my wife and I are dogsitting for our “grand dog,” while my daughter and son-in-law are on a vacation in New York City. We see the dog (Heidi, a miniature black schnauzer) regularly, since we drop by their house every evening and take Heidi with us on our daily walk.\u00a0 She’s a sweet, well-behaved, and incredibly well-trained dog.
\nLiving with a dog, however, is very different from visiting with one.
\nWith Heidi living at our house for the past few days, I am reminded of the many reasons why we no longer own a dog ourselves:<\/p>\n
Maybe I’m being a bit harsh.\u00a0 Heidi truly is a joy.\u00a0 She’s small enough to sit on my lap, and is overall a very well-behaved dog.\u00a0 While she may demand back rubs a bit often, her show of gratitude always warms my heart (dogs are great at being Happy!).\u00a0 Plus — and this is a mystery — this dog almost never barks.\u00a0 Truly!\u00a0 Her orginal owner trained her well.\u00a0 So she’s never disruptive while I’m on the phone, even when she’s trying to crawl up onto my chair while I’m typing.
\nPlus, I’m realizing that this training may serve me well for when we eventually have grandchildren.\u00a0 Can you see the parallels? Grandchildren: demand attention, watch everything you do, have their own agendas, track in dirt, don’t use toilets, can’t open doors (we hope!), and when they’re wet… they smell.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
So, my wife and I are dogsitting for our “grand dog,” while my daughter and son-in-law are on a vacation in New York City. We see the dog (Heidi, a miniature black schnauzer) regularly, since we drop by their house every evening and take Heidi with us on our daily walk.\u00a0 She’s a sweet, well-behaved, … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5789,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,79,47,50],"tags":[111,112,38],"yoast_head":"\n