Tag: dogs
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The things a dog cannot know.

A dog is enclosed in its dogness, its doggitude, and cannot get outside that. The cleverest dog that ever existed can do and understand only what it is possible for a dog to do and understand.… Anyone who claimed of any natural creature apart from ourselves that it is capable, in principle, of understanding anything…
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I think my dog knows.

My dog knows we are going away soon, and he is already waiting for us to come home.
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Plaster buddha, wooden beads and a dog collar.

Sitting in the living room is a bespoke plaster Buddha. Purchased on one of my first trips to Byron Bay.Around his neck is a collar from our first dog, Smudge.And a set of wooden prayer beads from my first encounter with the practice of meditation. A small inconspicuous clutter of worthless first things that have…
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Don’t judge a dog by his cover.

Location: the couch. My dog has issues. Lets see… there is thunderstorms, and possums and umbrellas and people wearing hats. And people of colour, and people on disability scooters, and lycra, and anything in the laundry basket and having his claws clipped. There are no doubt more. Every day is a discovery. I suspect that…





