Painted Dogs Get A Complex!

At first, I was annoyed when I saw some dogs on the TV who had had their fur dyed. They looked absolutely ridiculous and who knows if the dye is safe for the canine skin?

Then the newscaster went on to say that dogs know when someone is laughing at them! They end up getting a complex and lose their confidence. This can show up by them refusing to go out, licking their paws or just generally sulking.

When I saw this part of the programme I was pleased. Broadcasting that dogs can get upset may stop owners doing it.

What is truly wonderful is that it also shows that dogs have feelings. They have emotions even if they don't exactly laugh or cry like we do. They are very sensitive creatures and that is why they are the best friend to have when you are feeling low yourself.

Don't they just! And the way they share those feelings with us is so wonderful. I've got the flu at the moment, I'm the third day in so the last two days my puppy has been lying beside me with his head resting on my neck. I've had no strength and with him laying that way enabled me to stroke his nose!

Neither Loopy or Carl like me to dress them up, but my old dog Sasha used to love it when she was alive. She thought it was nice. we used to live in Egypt and sometimes I would buy her a shell necklace. She would wear a different one each day. She loved it when I would take it off at bedtime and put a different one on in the morning. She was wearing one, one day and she went to visit the dog she bred with. He was a bit rough with her and her necklace went ping ping ping onto the floor. Sasha was really upset and we had to separate them. They were never friends after that.

So where one dog may like a little dressing up, others don't. I think it's best to leave the dogs to make up their own mind but dying their fur is a bit OTT.