Wisdom of the Rolling Stones

Nokona, my new sidekick, is an interesting little fella. He recently experienced… the unfairness of life. More mature humans and dogs know it but young pups like him… Not so much.
So he’s outside recently and discovers the ultimate chase critter: squirrels.

First, he’s perplexed, then intrigued, then downright teed off because the squirrel is too high for him to reach.

He’s desperate to get closer to chase the squirrel away and prove to him who is boss. So he gets the bright idea to jump onto the flower box.

He is closer to the squirrel and feeling like Mr. Bad to the Bone when he realizes he his STILL not close enough to grab the little critter. I look up a few minutes later and the little dude is in the birdbath. (Thank goodness it was empty.

It didn’t take him long to realize, he’s not going to get close enough to yank that squirrel off the ledge. (Not that he would know what to do with the darn critter if he was successful.)



I visited with Nokona later that day and asked him what he learned from the experience. He opined: “As the great philosopher Mick Jagger (of the Rolling Stones) would say, ‘You can’t always get what you want.”










Okay, here’s the question of the day from Preacher who asked: My best pal Screecher is bumping in to stuff. I know he’s old but what’s up with hitting the furniture around the house?

Dear Preacher:

My mom said when she was in junior high they were studying how the body ages. Several volunteers in the class were ‘afflicted’ with a different type of problem common to old folks. Jet had to put on a pair of glasses smeared with Vaseline to experience how it feels to lose a lot of your sight as you age.

I’m not sure how to duplicate this exercise on a dog so just try to understand that your friend’s eyesight is no longer as clear as yours. Sounds like you care about him so try wrestling with your pal with your eyes closed and even up he odds a bit.


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