12:58 PM More dog thoughts. Live dog, this time. Kate the Lurcher.
She doesn't always shift into top gear, but during our walk this morning she decided to have a two minute crazy run - up and down the path we were on at full speed. I've learned not to move to the side when she does this. Stay still and she'll miss you, but if you try to step out of the way there's a good chance she'll take your legs from under you and you'll be flat on your back.
Like all lurchers, she usually looks miserable, but when she's crazy-running there's an expression of complete joy on her face. Lovely to see. Running for no reason. Running for the joy of it.
Dogs could teach us a thing or two, I reckon. How many people do anything at all for the sheer joy of doing it? Unless we're very young kids, we never crazy-run. We just plod on, getting done what we have to get done (or failing to get it done).
Sad.
03:37 PM
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Very true John, very true.
ReplyDeleteAnd wasn't she a pretty pup?
Mindy does this when the weather is cool. She tears around and around the yard. If you jump at her when she goes by she changes gears. It never fails to make me belly laugh.
ReplyDeleteAhh. Sheer, reckless abandon. A rare thing for adults and sadly, some children don't even participate in such play anymore. I need to make a point of doing some reckless abandon soon.
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