One eyed Lunatic

I was out at the park this morning and enjoying the peace and quiet as you do when you are enjoying your dogs company. However this peace and quiet was shattered by the ear piercing scream of "Milly, Milly Come!!!". It was of course a dog owner who had transformed from a lovely lady who would not say boo to a ghost to a mad raving lunatic calling their dog back. This is of course followed by the dog paying absolutely no attention whatsoever to the owner and trotting away from the owner at a merry pace, followed quickly by said owner trying to chase them and round the dog up. I made her life easier by getting my dogs to say hello to her dog then calling my dogs back and grabbing her dog as it scooted past at a million miles an hour.

Oh what fun dogs bring us! They can turn us from being shy people to discussing what our dogs have been up to with random strangers in the park. They can turn us from being nice and quiet to raving lunatics around the fields when we let them off. But you know what? What they really do is bring us undivided love and attention and even though they can drive us nuts at the drop of a hat, the reality is they make our lives all that much better.

Simon Goodall is CEO of Dog Guru NZ and Dog Guru Australia.