From Barks to Mews!!

All About Puppies….By Bob Bartos…Well that’s the book that lays in front of me as I write this. I remember getting this book when my Amigo ( 6yr old yellow lab) walked into our lives. I like to call him my Amigo, even though he was gifted to my now husband and then boyfriend Ishi 6yrs ago….

Its been  crazy six years,yeah I’d say crazy, but in a good way…From Amigo sleeping under my arm, to gobbling down his piece of cake, to bursting 100 balloons in just about 3 mins…to so many things that could make anyone smile in any given situation.

You must be wondering what makes go blabbering about my 6 yr. old lab. Well, I’d say it’s got to do with the atrocities that we humans bring to animals offlate…but I’m not surprised, because when we don’t spare our fellow humans then animals don’t even come in question. Just recently I read about cat killing incident in Kalina and then the daily reads about strays being put to sleep!! The horses at NCPA that carry the weight of people which could be at least 4 times their own weight, yeah, that could be the means of livelihood for a some people, but couldn’t they earn their livelihood through any other means, and anyways they must not be spending more than 10% of their earnings on the food for these animal.

 I often wonder that we humans experience anger, sadness; get hurt only because we don’t get the appreciation, love affection from others…so wouldn’t it be the same with animals? We can at least express how we feel, what we think but have we ever wondered how would these animals express it? Wouldn’t it be fascinating to hear them speak…that thought reminds me of the movie Dr.Do Little.

Well, the point I’m trying to make is why can’t we just show some affection to them, and if can’t do that at least we can stop pelting stones at them, stop shooing them away. We spend at least 50-100 bucks on our daily meal, wouldn’t it be nice if we bought a 5-10 rupee pack of biscuits and fed it to the strays in our office premises? Imagine the wagging tail, only an animal (read esp. dog) can go down on its knees without asking for anything in return.

Life anyways has so much hustle bustle to offer, so much, that we tend to forget, what the simple pleasures of life are…to end this I want to describe my favourite scenery…I know I know in today’s age may sound too cliché,but as a kid I’d always imagined myself walking on a beach with a black horse and dog and enjoying the sunset.I love cats too…with all their mewing and furriness…the point is not about what animal you and I like? The point is about showing some love and care to animals who are shelterless,have no food to eat and live at the beck and call of us humans!!

So the next time you meet a dog, pat him on the head and he’ll wag his tail endlessly for you, if you meet a cat, rub its back and if you see any other animal…just be kind, because kindness  is all they seek!