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The article isn't about just dogs.
Gorillas with far larger brains and demonstrated
understanding and logic rank higher on the list
than the canine species....
but I'll quote one of the authors, Nancy Gibbs
about her dog after having her spayed:
"Why wasn't she mad at us? I suppose we could have concluded that she was just blindly loyal and docile. But eventually we knew better. She is entirely capable of disobedience, as she has proved many times. She will ignore us when there are more interesting things to look at, rebuke us when we are careless, bark into the twilight when she has urgent messages to send.
But her patience with our failings and fickleness
and her willingness to give us a second chance
are a daily lesson in gratitude".
The article isn't about just dogs.
Gorillas with far larger brains and demonstrated
understanding and logic rank higher on the list
than the canine species....
but I'll quote one of the authors, Nancy Gibbs
about her dog after having her spayed:
"Why wasn't she mad at us? I suppose we could have concluded that she was just blindly loyal and docile. But eventually we knew better. She is entirely capable of disobedience, as she has proved many times. She will ignore us when there are more interesting things to look at, rebuke us when we are careless, bark into the twilight when she has urgent messages to send.
But her patience with our failings and fickleness
and her willingness to give us a second chance
are a daily lesson in gratitude".
Our dogs' abiding devotion keeps us on a benevolent leash, one that hangs quietly at our side as we trot along but occasionally yanks us back to safety and solid ground.* * * * *
