It is nice to keep a dog ,isn’t it?
From story of many famous dog,
Movie and TV drama,
Cool commercial,….
And gravure of fashion magazines,
Success in the newspaper article,
We seem dog as nice.
So,if you find a puppy somewhere,
you feel that you want to keep the puppy.
Because the puppy looks so cute.
And then the owner say to you
If there are no new owner,
my mother will take the puppy to a “health center”.
If you hear that,
You would think that trying to help the puppy,
And trying to protect the puppy.
You will be impressed by yourself,
To feel love and courage.
It’s of course.
Because, baby animals have the “power of magic”
To gently human mind.
So,yankee boy and girl,…
Taciturn father and Scary man,
Every one will become “a captive of the magic”.
Only mom is cool.
She say “Keeing a puppy is impossible.
Becouase, I have a hard time just raising my child.”
Mom know well how much do you need
patience and a lot of effort to love and rise your child.
Bud in general,
Child can not afford to think like mom.
He will say
“I’ill get up early clean it every morning.”
“I’ll take the puppy for a walk as soon as I return from school.”
“I’ll do my homework properly.”
He will say
“I will take care of the dog totally.”
He will also promise anything in order to keep a dog.
“I brush the teeth properly every day.”
“I will not buy comics.”
“I will not need a New Year’s present in my life.”
“I will eat both carrots and peppers .”
“I will limit to play video game within 30 minutes per day.”
“I will keep my desk clean.”
He thinks he can do anything for his darling puppy.
It is not a lie. His will is pure.
But it doesn’t last long
Like a love of adult….
Now the puppy like an “angel”
That evoked love and courage in the hearts of people
Was like a “little devil”…
The puppy sleeps and squeals on arbitrary time.
The puppy tries to play with you
without considering your circumstances.
Third day, fourth day, fifth day is over…..
At last he is beyond the limits of patience.
And he will say
“I was tired. I don’t need the puppy.
But how do you do?
1.Looking for the next owner?
2.Taking to a “health center”?
3.Throwing away secretly?
Most people will notice the first time
That once we start to keep a puppy,
It is impossible to quit on the way!!
It is so important that
I have to say over and over again.
Even if you get tired and thick to keep the puppy, you can’t drop out .
Like keeping a diary, enrichment lessons, morning jog…
It means killing the puppy to quit keeping the puppy.
You will feel that it had started a serious thing!
But…
You will notice when it comes to this time, the troublesome puppy
has become “a child of the house” completely.
And It is the turn of your mon.
But mom, you should not be too much scold your son.
Otherwise, your son’s conscience becomes so sore tingling
every time he see the puppy.
And then your son will become not to like the puppy,
In the first place, it is impossible for child to keep a dog
It’s different to keep goldfish, bird and beetle.
You should love and scold the puppy and take care to his health.
Like your son.
It is similar in concept between
raiseing your child and keeping your puppy in good health.
This means that your puppy is like “the youngest of your home”.
And then, the whole family has started a hard study
for how to raise yout puppy.
Discipline is the means by which humans and dogs get along.
But it’s not so easy.
Sometimes your puppy
can “shake hands” , …
can “sit” and “stay”.
But sometimes your puppy
can’t “wait”,…
can’t “bring the ball” and
can’t “come for a walk properly”.
So you might think your puppy is not clever possibly.
It’s no problem because your puppy is so cute!
But! Your puppy will grow quickly.
At first, your puppy (should) have been the cutest in the world…
After all, your puppy have become just only a mixed dog.
When you have come back to reality, …
You notice that your puppy may not be
as pretty, clever and easy as you thought.
In other words,…
It’s “disappointing”.
Mind you, many dogs in the world might be “disappointing”.
Most dogs can’t be famous dog.
For example, maybe they can’t
help their owner who is drowning,
help a child from a burning house,
catch a thief and
pick up a lot of money.
Of course, there are extremely clever dogs in the world.
For example,
guide dog, police dog, drug-sniffing dog, rescue dog and service dog.
But, It’s a little known fact that they continue to practice again and again.
Without continued training, even if they have already learnt,
they will sometimes forget or play truant from training.
It’s tolerably hard for the owner and his dog to keep the dog clever.
In this world, there are no dogs to become famous without training.
There is only one way to train your dog.
Don’t give up until your dog can do!
Even if your dog fail, is slow learner or look stupid…..,
don’t give up!
If you don’t give up, most dogs must be able to reach considerable level.
But, many owners can’t hold out that far ahead.
We can make many excuses,for example you will say…
“Now I’m busy.”,
“Even if I tried to train, I failed.”,
“My dog was not clever.”,
“I can’t put so much time and effort into my dog.”,
So, your dog might be “disappointed” by your behavior.
I can’t recommend that anyone keep a dog.
Because,….
It takes much money to prevent and treat disease.
Of course, disease is incurable only your love.
It’s not good to move into a condo or company residence.
Discipline of your dog is not as easy as it is written in a book.
It’s not so cool.
There is no time to rest in peace of your mind
out of regard for your neighborhood.
Whatever the weather you have to go on a walk.
It will last throughout over ten years!
And that you don’t die before your dog.
Because when you leave, your dog will become unwanted.
You should always watch your dog takes his last breath.
No one will praise you for your much patience and effort to kepp your dog.
In the long life with your dog which last throughout over ten years,
you can get genuine and sincere fondness from your dog….
And ….
any amount of…
Fond
memories….
Mabe, that’s just it.
Only someone who can regard the memory with the dog as treasured one
should be allowed to keep a dog.
It is nice to keep a dog,
if you are nice.
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