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Early Spring, We Hike this Hi Desert!

3/23/2014

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Butterflies and little lizards! Doggie and Mistress go for a long hike in Pugh Canyon. Mistress is happy to see the Cottonwood trees budding. Doggie doesn't look up that far but likes the smelly sage and vetch beginning to bloom around her nose. Sneezes! Little long-tailed lizards scurry left and right keeping Doggie busy, I can find them under sagebrush, leap and pounce - I am Cairn Terrier - the Terror Terrier! - and the Best at finding little treasures that scurry! 
But what does Doggie do with them then? That is a philosophical question. I am not Cat, I do not want to pounce and snatch. Doggie will run and bounce then run back to Mistress or chase a butterfly that stays safely above Doggie's acrobatics. 

Doggie has learned to float in the air jumping across rocks and ouch, not land on thorny cactus again. Doggie is a true Desert Dog now. Jumping across big rocks is wonderful and tricky, Doggie is so proud! We are adventure hikers but Doggie knows that Desert has some naughty things Doggie needs to avoid. Like those rattly snakes who coil and Mistress warns zap? And, I know, those sharp-pinned cactus and thorn-like tumbly weeds. Uh'oh, life is about remaining conscious and aware and  - doing the happiness dance!

Doggie sends you her best in the mumble-jumble of life.  Pat-a-Paw!

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Snuffie's Personal! Dog Diary

3/6/2014

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I just found Snuffle's personal dog diary - Oops, sorry for snooping Snuffie! Do people not think animals keep track of their experiences like we do? If you doubt ~ just read as the amazing Snuff reveals herself. Anyone who has met her won't doubt this in the least. 
The Tao of Dosha Doggie-Snuffles : (Memoirs of a Puppy Mill Survivor)
An Almost Daily Journal & A Story on the Most Important Things in Life



 Day One:
The day is best begun in meditation lying on my mistress’ chest and licking her face to clean up any messy dreams before we meditate together. It is good to have the Zen cats lying by our side, their alpha purrs (“hhmmmmmm”) are god whispers we all are lifted by.

I can be a cat, they can be a terrier. We can all be one when we meditate together.

Day Two:
Elevation is important to lofty thought. When we hike the red rock mesa my mind clears and my paws float. I seek the enriching fragrance of pinion juniper and embrace (ouch) the sage-witch tumbleweed. As we surmount rocks and climb to the horizon my mind is freed of all daily dog tired thoughts and clears to meet the blue sky as it touches the high red rock. Snakes do not scare me and I float, gladly jumping from one rock pinnacle to the next. I am body and I am mind & spirit all at once and that is good. May you all experience this happiness! 

Day Three:
Doggie is learning so much, what are these Sixteen Bodhisattva Precepts?  I like the "A disciple of Buddha does not kill" - I saw almost all my doggie friends burned to death in our puppy mill building while we doggies left outside in hot metal cages screamed for help. This new doggie Buddha needs to repeat the Metta Sutta on lovingkindness and looks for a kinder new world.

Day Four:
The weather is changing and our meditation this morning is on clouds and sunshine. Sunshine does not come every day and the clouds reflect an attitude of mind. You read your beliefs in the way you interpret your clouds. That is very profound and we need to meditate again for guidance on what that means & share with the Lady Mistress. Doggie knows that brightness is behind every cloud even if Life is 1000 Sorrows and 1000 Joys. Doggie believes that every leaf flying in the wind needs to be chased, it may hold a secret. That profundity Doggie understands & oblidges.



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