In the human world, it so often happens that the more we love someone, the more we begin to resemble each other.
Happily married couples, over time, prefer the same things, look at the world in similar ways, even dress in a similar style.
Best friends, especially when they are young, go to great lengths to look alike, listen to the same music, and eat the same foods.
Making those we care about extensions of ourselves, it seems, is part of human nature to want to.
And, we often do this through the process of sharing our preferences and joys, until the other person prefers those things and finds joy in them too.
Many great, enduring friendships have been formed over the sharing of one's favorite dessert, or loaning one's favorite sweater, to another! It is not far fetched to see how we might seek to apply the same behaviors with our canine best friends.
The stronger the love we feel for our dogs, the more we delight in making them extensions of ourselves.
One way of doing that is to outfit them in canine accessories that reflect the things we love, and/or mimic our personal style.
This translates simply to mean that if we love rock music, the color green and vintage clothing, we might choose to outfit our dog in a lime green, vintage-look, thermal hoodie that says, Rock Rebel, on the back.
Likewise, if golf, a pressed, preppy polo and a frozen margarita would make our day, we couldn't go wrong for our dog with a canine polo dress, sprinkled with embroidered clubs, and a plush margarita toy just for fun! Everyone who loves dogs, knows how in-tune they are to our feelings.
They constantly search our behaviors and moods to see where they can fit in.
They do all kinds of amazing things to draw our attentions to them.
Dogs thrive on positive attention.
An ignored dog is a miserable dog.
There are many ways to make sure that your dogs get the positive attention they deserve...
from you and from everyone they come in contact with.
Cuddle time, rough- housing and play time, as well as consistent, loving communication, and a safe and healthy environment are all must haves for a loved dog.
Not to be ignored, however, is the undeniable delight in sharing our passions, preferences, sense of style and even our sense of humor with our dogs, and when we are delighted, so are they.
Out in the world of strangers who have very mixed feelings about humane-canine bonding, helping our dogs put their best paw forward should be one of our important responsibilities.
Just as well-behaved and well-groomed dogs are perceived as more approachable than those who are not, likewise a dressed dog who is wearing anything from a clean, bright, stylish collar, to a tank shirt that reads, Talk to the Tail, is more likely to attract positive attention, than one who is not.
As we venture out together to the park, or to the mall, looking like we belong together, the world smiles at us, and we and our dogs smile back.
If, for example, your Boxer, Rottweiler, Pit Bull or Doberman suffers from the lack of positive social contact that Maltese, Cocker Spaniels, Cavaliers and other small, fluffy dogs routinely get, ditch the worn out leather or spiked collars, and try something more colorful and trendy.
It will go a long way in changing people's misconceptions of them.
In fact, if your dog is a lover, not a biter, a tank shirt that says precisely that on the back might be the very best purchase you ever make for your furry best friend! Giving our dogs a fashionable, leg up, really goes a long way in providing us both with an afternoon of delightful encounters.
Certainly, something that is at the very top of most dogs' list of favorite things.
We do not mind the compliments, either.
When we have a great time out together, chances are that we will do it more often.
When we look at our dogs, and they reflect our care and good taste, it gives a positive boost to our relationship, and they reap the benefits of those feelings.
Happily married couples, over time, prefer the same things, look at the world in similar ways, even dress in a similar style.
Best friends, especially when they are young, go to great lengths to look alike, listen to the same music, and eat the same foods.
Making those we care about extensions of ourselves, it seems, is part of human nature to want to.
And, we often do this through the process of sharing our preferences and joys, until the other person prefers those things and finds joy in them too.
Many great, enduring friendships have been formed over the sharing of one's favorite dessert, or loaning one's favorite sweater, to another! It is not far fetched to see how we might seek to apply the same behaviors with our canine best friends.
The stronger the love we feel for our dogs, the more we delight in making them extensions of ourselves.
One way of doing that is to outfit them in canine accessories that reflect the things we love, and/or mimic our personal style.
This translates simply to mean that if we love rock music, the color green and vintage clothing, we might choose to outfit our dog in a lime green, vintage-look, thermal hoodie that says, Rock Rebel, on the back.
Likewise, if golf, a pressed, preppy polo and a frozen margarita would make our day, we couldn't go wrong for our dog with a canine polo dress, sprinkled with embroidered clubs, and a plush margarita toy just for fun! Everyone who loves dogs, knows how in-tune they are to our feelings.
They constantly search our behaviors and moods to see where they can fit in.
They do all kinds of amazing things to draw our attentions to them.
Dogs thrive on positive attention.
An ignored dog is a miserable dog.
There are many ways to make sure that your dogs get the positive attention they deserve...
from you and from everyone they come in contact with.
Cuddle time, rough- housing and play time, as well as consistent, loving communication, and a safe and healthy environment are all must haves for a loved dog.
Not to be ignored, however, is the undeniable delight in sharing our passions, preferences, sense of style and even our sense of humor with our dogs, and when we are delighted, so are they.
Out in the world of strangers who have very mixed feelings about humane-canine bonding, helping our dogs put their best paw forward should be one of our important responsibilities.
Just as well-behaved and well-groomed dogs are perceived as more approachable than those who are not, likewise a dressed dog who is wearing anything from a clean, bright, stylish collar, to a tank shirt that reads, Talk to the Tail, is more likely to attract positive attention, than one who is not.
As we venture out together to the park, or to the mall, looking like we belong together, the world smiles at us, and we and our dogs smile back.
If, for example, your Boxer, Rottweiler, Pit Bull or Doberman suffers from the lack of positive social contact that Maltese, Cocker Spaniels, Cavaliers and other small, fluffy dogs routinely get, ditch the worn out leather or spiked collars, and try something more colorful and trendy.
It will go a long way in changing people's misconceptions of them.
In fact, if your dog is a lover, not a biter, a tank shirt that says precisely that on the back might be the very best purchase you ever make for your furry best friend! Giving our dogs a fashionable, leg up, really goes a long way in providing us both with an afternoon of delightful encounters.
Certainly, something that is at the very top of most dogs' list of favorite things.
We do not mind the compliments, either.
When we have a great time out together, chances are that we will do it more often.
When we look at our dogs, and they reflect our care and good taste, it gives a positive boost to our relationship, and they reap the benefits of those feelings.