What Dog Walking Taught Me About Life.

It’s really funny how much our dogs have to teach us. I had a flash of insight this morning while walking the dogs that may be obvious to many of you already. I tend to drift off into thought alot. I am always lost in thought. Having recently recommitted myself to obedience training, something I did not even realize I had gotten soft on, something became very obvious to me about my own life that I had lost track of. The need to be present in the moment not only while walking the dogs but in my life as well. I used to do alot of thinking while walking my dogs. Sometimes I was very present and sometimes I was somewhere else on autopilot. As was always the case, those instances where the pups got into something they should not on our walk (Cooked steak bones by someone’s garbage cans, or missing the signals my dog was giving that he did not like an approaching dog) always occurred when I was not being present. So without being too philosophic, it was an aha moment which served to remind me that the more present I am while walking the dogs, the more in control and the more pleasurable the experience. Now to take what I have learned and apply it. Any thoughts?