The Daily Dog: Choosing A Leader

Woof to you,

This week there was a lot of talk about what humans call elections. I listened closely while everyone talked about who they would vote for as leaders.

There was a lot of talk on the television set too about who to vote for.

As I understand it, all that talking, talking, talking was to get people to vote for certain other people to be the leaders.

There seemed to be heated opinions and many long discussions of things like qualities and who was right or wrong. There was talk of war and who was for it or against it; who was truthful and who was not; who had done a good job and who had betrayed their trust.

I sensed big emotions all around. I even heard someone call politicians dogs.
I listened but didn’t get what all the fuss was about. I thought back to my ancestors and how we in the dogworld chose leaders.

It boiled down to strength; inner and outer; who got the jobs done. That’s the top dog.

In the wild, you have to be strong to lead. You have to know your way and instill a sense of faith in the rest of the pack by really doing the leading.

In other words, you have to know where you’re going and how to get there safely so everyone can have food to eat and shelter from bad weather.

In today’s world where dogs live in houses with humans, we don’t have to worry much about the food or safe shelter anymore. The people who love us take good care of us and are our family instead of packs of other dogs. It’s an even exchange of the good energy of being loved and loving back.

I heard people talk about a thing that happens called political contests.
In neighborhoods where we take walks with humans and meet other dogs doing the same thing, to determine who is top dog isn’t about who can lead or bite the best. It’s mostly about who can pee the most.

Maybe we’re not so different from the ones humans call politicians after all.

Just my doggy thoughts on this weird thing called elections.

Woofs from,

Bailley