IDLE MINDS

Dogs owned by full-time working parents are a lot likely elderly humans with full-time working kids.

Humans grow up (if you’re lucky) and go off to college, to their own home and to a full time job. (Love that parallelism.)

The problem is that eventually (if you’re lucky again) they leave healthy but older, less mobile parents behind. Over time, these old humans get less comfortable running around or old age forces them to use walking sticks or funny chairs with giant wheels on them. The result? They end up left at home for many hours a day all alone with nothing to do but watch TV.

Boy does this sound familiar. Many of my dog pals are left for 8 to 11 hours a day at home with no company and nothing to do. When you’re young idle minds are the devil’s workshop (as Jet, my foster mom likes to say).



When you’re old (a senior citizen human) or seasoned (long-term pet) then being idle all day makes for a miserable pet and a sad human. My recom-mendation: put lonely dogs (left at home all day while their parents work) with lonely senior citizens (left at home all day while their grown children work).

Just watch this video and you’ll understand what a good solution this is for everyone.


So, here’s my lesson of the day… Humans and puppies are supposed to grow up but they are not supposed to be lonely. -It’s doggone inhuman. Match a lonely dog with a lonely senior and watch both their hearts soar, their health improve, and their lives bloom.

Okay, here’s the question of the day from Zola who asked: I’m staying over at my human granddads house. It’s great. We have a good time together and it’s much better than staying at home alone all day. Is there something fun we can do together? He loves crossword puzzles.


Hey Zola:
Take your granddad human a word puzzle. I’ve provided one below. It will be fun for both of you to do together.


DOG WORD FINDER

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