While waiting to assist a friend who was moving to a new place closer to his office last weekend, I noticed the most adorable, chubby, brown & white bulldog that belonged to a neighbouring family.
Completely taken by this magnificent creature, I leaned over, reached out my hand and attempted to call it over to me. Instead of rushing over, he just cocked his head and looked at me as if I were speaking gibberish.
Then it dawned on me that I was probably asking too much, being a stranger as he seemed to give me a lil' growl which probably was a "do not come near me" indication. Wanting to connect to this little bundle of joy, I dug deep into my memory for the few doggy tricks I learned years ago and asked it to come, but still nothing.
Still failing miserably, I asked my friend's ex-housemate whether she had seen this dog being friendly to strangers and received a reply to the negative. I then asked myself “Would this cute mutt respond simply to my love?”
To test my hypothesis, I closed my eyes and focused on the most loving thing I could think of. As I held that thought, I began to feel my love grow. When I felt I could no longer contain my own love, I imagined sending all that love to him.
When I opened my eyes, I no longer felt the need for him to come to me. I felt only love. Ironically, it was at that very moment he walked right over to me. With only the gate seperating us, I reached down, extended my hands in between the steel bars and he began licking my hand like we were the best of friends.
Witnessing this, my friend's ex-housemate exclaimed, “Wow! How did you do that?”
I smiled ...................
I didn't reply to her query as I felt it would have sounded corny. But at that moment prior to the connection, I remembered having imagined something I love with all my heart and when my heart was full, I imagined emitting all of that love to him.
That was probably the most reliable and workable animal trick that I learnt which was to treat animals with respect, love and kindness. That is why animals would naturally and even sometimes carelessly respond to animal-lovers when they received positive signals, as some of you may have witnessed before too.
They respond best to love.
As I imagine we all do.
"Walk on a trail of loving kindness
Walk on a path of compassion
And all else around you will be beautiful."
Every Blessing
24 comments:
simply lovely..every single living creatures want to be loved
auww.. this is sweet. :) u're such a caring person to animal aye.. unlike me.
an unknown force or facial cues of affection? :)
I am loved...
Ever tried this trick on a hippo? XD
if only we are like animals.....
1st time here....thanks for enlightened me
I wonder if this method will work with someone you love and would like that person to love you back. *wink wink*
Your karching
+Ant+ I felt your loving kindness..
you radiated loving kindness to the dog!
ya, animals need love so we should treat them nice n kind.
So caring wo..
OMG...I will walk as far as I can when I see a dog. hehe....I'm not an animal lover at all!
Shane, thanks. And I know full welll that you're a dog-lover too :)
Caroline, I'm sure you're caring too. I'll ask your bf about it. lolz
Syn, both i think. ;)
Brave, but of course. Hope your fireflies trip was a romantic experience ;)
William, hippos are hostile creatures. The one you were referring to ~ lagi hostile lolz
Takashi, dogs are men's best friend is so true. :)
Ash, far from enlightenment, but glad you liked the read. Thanks for droppingby. :)
Clockwise, I'm sure it would work wonders in many cases. ;)
Bananaz & Merv, I really love animals! I'm sure you guys radiate as much in other ways ;)
Wenn, we all need love. It is sad when we hear of all the animal-abuses.
Chris, thanks. I'm sure you are a caring person too.
MnHL, so as long as you do not abuse them ;) I'm sure you are caring in many ways. It's just that you probably did not grow up with pets, which then has made you uncomfy dealing with them.
my neighbour's dog only come to me he is hungry lor. The dog must be thinking of me as a piece of meat...
wow.. this is amazing Anton
Bluey, lolz similar to the prized wagyu beef i'm sure ;)
Beng, try it. No guarantees though & dun blame me if the experience is a bitter one lolz
That's so amazing that you were able to emit your love to the dog. We all should treat animals with love, kindness, and respect. I just watched a video of a girl throwing newborn pups in the river one by one and I felt so sick to the stomach. She got caught after the video was released.
Rose, it wuz a doggie-secret I read somewhere before. Tried it and it worked. Will try many more times from now on. But I do believe it works coz animals have special sensory perceptors which are more sensitive compared to us. I saw that video too. Real frustrating huh?!
+Ant+
Couldn't agrre more with, our man best friends are sensitive and affectionate being... nevertheless you are such a compassionate person, kind hearted I would say!:)
nice trick! Now do you know any tricks to makes them go away? :P
I always say that our pets just want to be loved and feeeedd and what they give in return is "Unconditional Love". Haha, mine has a built in clock in his stomach. Every evening, Without Fail, at 5.30 p.m. she [a 5 yr old Lab] will come to the computer room, [my 2nd fav place, 1st fav place will hv to be my kitchen doing the Cha Cha with my oven, haha] and kiss me on my elbow, her way of saying, "Mum, I am hungry, time for my dinner!!!" and I tell her, "Sundae how can I forget, you never let me forget!!!" Cheers. Juanita
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