Puppy Love!!

I have never had a pet in my life..... Thanks to my parents.. They feel that bringing me up is in itself a tough task!(I dont blame them!) So the observations and interpretations in this blog are purely from an outsider's point of view and the inspiration for this blog can be zeroed down to my elder sister Nivedhitha Devi(she loves dogs) and two pups: Scooby and Max(belonging to my friends Terror and Police respectively)
I always used to wonder why there existed such a close relationship between humans and dogs.. Nowadays human-dog relationships are far more stronger than human-human relationships! On first thought i couldnt really comprehend the reason for this man-animal relationship. But if you delve deeper,there lies an interesting lesson. Dogs are the embodiment of unconditional love. Man's greatest fear is rejection and in this context by rejection i refer to unreciprocated love. I have spent sleepless nights worrying about my love being unreciprocated. Not just from my girlfriend. Consider this scenario: I am reading a book. My Father:"Karthik I love you"! My typical reaction would be:"Father are you alright? Any problem?" Typical human behaviour. Dogs reciprocate your love faithfully and unconditionally. They dont ask for love. They are always ready to give. And you might doubt your father's,mother's,sister's,wife's love. But you never doubt a dog's love.. its always there.. happen what may.... you fail an exam,it still loves you..... you go broke... it still loves you... UNCONDITIONAL LOVE..... Thats what we humans fail to nurture! Imagine this: Twilight time - your pet dog sleeping on your lap... Ah thats bliss! Beats even a date with your lover hands down! Apart from all this one prominent attribute that makes a dog a far better companion than a human:

A dog wags its tail while a human wags his tongue!!!

Isnt that reason enough??? Maybe thats why DOG is a reversal of GOD. If love is what GOD is,then maybe DOGS are the reincarnations of GOD(Hindus stop looking any further! You have got your tenth avatar KALKI!). Maybe they made a mistake in english when they defined PUPPY LOVE as the temporary love of an adolescent. A puppy's love appears to be the only permanent form of love! And dog isnt just man's best friend. It is man's best lover as well!!!