I NEED GLASSES

Isn’t it funny how different generations see things?  I’m still rather young, even in dog years but already I find puppies and younger dogs like Nokona see things I no longer see.  Let me give you three examples.

We took Nokona for a long walk last week and he nearly jumped out of his fur with excitement.  I was perplexed.  We walk the same neighborhood every day and night.  He ran to Dixie’s house, looked up and said, “The sky is raining stars!” 

I didn’t have the heart to tell him that all he was seeing was his first Christmas lights.

Around the block we go and Nokona acts like a human when they hit the jackpot at a casino.  “Look!  Look!”, he says.  “It’s a winter doghouse with nightlights so the doggie inside won’t get scared.”

Again, I couldn’t tell him it was simply a holiday igloo.  Besides, he looked so doggone (so to speak) cute in the darn thing.

On the final lap of our walk, Nokona energized once more when he discovers what he refers to as a ‘winter scarecrow’ when in fact he had just seen his first snowman.

What happened to my eyesight?  Nokona and I are looking at the same thing but we see two completely different objects each time.  I asked Jet (my foster mom) if I need glasses and if so, do they make them for dogs?

Jet says that as dogs and humans age their eyesight often gets weaker. Dogs often get cataracts (I was wondering why my pal Spot has milky blue eyes and runs into stuff sometimes) and humans get far or nearsighted and start wearing glasses to see better.  I understand this but I’m not seeing poorly compared to Nokona, I’m seeing differently.

According to Jet, I don’t need an eye doctor to help me with this but instead I need to view the world through my imagination rather than just through the eyes connected to my brain.  She said the imagination gives us very special sight.  Jet also said humans often need to do the same.

My pals with imagination vision seem to have more fun; humans with imagination vision seem to have more everything.

So, here’s my lesson of the day… I think humans and dogs are not so different in regards of what we see as we get older but we deal with it differently.  Humans get glasses; dogs (at least the wise ones like me) reconnect with their puppy view.  My advice for humans is to get a puppy or some other young critter and you’ll see things in a much more pleasant, inventive fashion.  If you can’t get a young creature to help you discover your imagination sight, hang out with kids more.  Do it now because a day without imagination vision is like a lifetime without wonder.  

Okay, the question of the day is from Zoey who asked:  My humans go to the same place on Sunday as your humans where they listen to that guy you call Pastor Yoda.  Sunday is a day off so why wouldn’t they rather stay at home with me?

Dear Zoey:

Humans leak.  Sometimes you’ll see them leak from their eyes.  They call this crying.  Other times (off and on about every day), they leak… spiritual fortitude.  The Sunday visits to Pastor Yoda (as I like to call Pastor Charles Swindoll) works like a gas station because it’s where humans get fueled up with something called faith.  I’m not sure how it works but Jet always seems to feel better when she comes home on Sundays.