unblemished souls...

Michelle with
Cassidy and Oliver

photo by Erin Doyle

"No matter how close we are to another person,
few human relationships are as free from
strife, disagreement, and frustration
as is the relationship you have with a good dog.
Few human beings give of themselves
to another as a dog gives of itself.
I also suspect that we cherish dogs
because their unblemished souls make us wish
- consciously or unconsciously -
that we were as innocent as they are,
and make us yearn for a place
where innocence is universal and where
the meanness, the betrayals,
and the cruelties of this world are unknown.”
- Dean Koontz