This last weekend Mrs. Nate and I had the fortunate
opportunity to get together with some friends that we haven’t seen in quite
some time. It was fantastic going to their place to catch up on all the great
things that have gone in our lives since we last saw one another. My friend
Sean is a cameraman for a sports network and dabbles in Webmastering like I do.
He recently built a website for his wife, Jennifer’s home-based business called Perfect Pinkies. Highly recommended to you ladies out there if you live in SW
Calgary!
Sean and Jennifer like Mrs. Big Nate and I have two dogs.
Only they have two beautiful and well-behaved Rotties. It was a joy to have
them present throughout our evening visit, just gorgeous! Additionally, there
was another couple (Nick and Lee) who joined us for dinner as well and though
they do not own a dog they often dog sit for their parents and love spending
time with their parent’s dog whenever they get the chance.
As we gathered around the kitchen before dinner we chatted about
various things and I started to notice that the topic of our conversations would
always end up going back to our dogs or past experiences with dogs that were in
our lives at one point or another. After we sat down for dinner the
conversation continued on about all things dogs. Near the end of our dinner
time some else must have noticed that we all seemed to be focused on dogs and
actually said, “Don’t we have something else to talk about besides our dogs?” We
all laughed after realizing that our beloved pooches had indeed ruled our
thoughts.
For me it was no big deal, I think about dogs all the time. They
are a huge part of my Facebook time since I am a fan of many dog or pet related
pages. I cruise the internet looking for dog stories, blogs or news. I have
many friends associated to dogs and pets simply due to the fact that I am
active in Calgary’s pet industry. So I sort of expect to be thinking about or
talking about dogs during a large portion of my free time. The funny thing is,
the two other couples we were visiting with were not associated to anything in
the pet industry, so I had no expected to be talking about pet waste removal,
dog rescues or any other dog related topics.
But by the simple fact that we all have dogs in our lives,
we all had something in common. Dogs give us a safe place to be when it comes
to making idle chit chat with complete strangers or when having in-depth conversations with close friends.
I wonder how many people became friends because their dogs
wanted to meet and play together at the dog park or on a daily walk. I know
when I’m out with our dogs; I see many of the same people over and over again.
Although I have to confess, I know their dog’s name long before I ever think to
introduce myself and officially meet them.
How many great people do you know because of your dog? For
me I can safely say dozens! Sure I have to thank Poooh Busters for bringing me
into the pet industry where I have met so many great, dedicated and talented
people but I also have to thank my dogs. If it wasn’t for them, I probably
wouldn’t even be writing this blog.
