Since the beginning of the earth predators roamed the planet. Many are now extinct, but many are still going strong. Some live in the wild, some are endangered and living in a zoo, and some, like dogs and cats became domesticated.
They worked out that their best chance of survival is to actually live with humans. While cats are independent and view humans as their servants, dogs chose a different path. They chose to become our best friends and helpers.
Dogs can do all sorts of amazing things, they assist police in finding drugs or other illegal substances, they help save soldiers lives by locating explosives, they help to guide the blind assist disabled in their everyday lives... and above all, they are our best friends, always there, ready to listen to us and love us no matter who we are, we can be royals or just homeless, our dogs will love us just the same, they don’t judge, they just love unconditionally.
They would do anything for us; they would die for us (and often do)
And how do we repay them?
We mistreat them, we abuse them, many are starved or tortured, many are used for racing and then discarded when there is no more use for them, many are kept in cages and made to breed over and over so puppies with ill health could be sold to unsuspecting owners who buy them as present for their spoiled kids... If they are not perfect they end up in shelters.
Many people don’t want a dog from a shelter; they think that they are hard to teach old dogs new tricks. The New Zealand SPCA has come up with a novelty idea how to increase the chance of their dogs being re-homed. They decided to show the public just how smart “second hand” dogs can be by teaching them how to drive a car.
They start out indoors learning simple gestures and pushing buttons and move the steering wheel or change gears, once they master these commands they put the actions in sequence and then move on to real cars, specially adjusted for canine drivers.
They are planning to take them out next month and test them on real roads, live on national TV.
Hopefully this will help them in their quest to find new loving homes for all of the dogs they care for in their shelters.
I would advise anyone to re-home a dog from a rescue centre; it is rewarding to know that you gave an animal a second chance of happiness, and give him all the love and care that they rightfully deserve.
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