Monday Morning & Responsability

November 30, 2009

Hi Again,
Two days in a row for making entries, hopefully this a good sign! It’s back to work this afternoon after a long weekend from Thanksgiving. Went out for walk with Red who looks forward to the walks and I am closely catching up with him in enjoying the walks. I think my heart doctors would be happy to hear that I walk more also. This morning was a brisk one for south Texas, steady wind and grey skies. If this were New York I say were going to get snow, but we will get rain, needed rain. So it’s good!

I speak of responsability in the title and it stems from my walk with Red this morning. In the past ten days we have picked up a friend along the way, about a 1/2 mile down the road a small black puppy resides, when he see’s Red and I he comes out to greet and play with Red, the first few days it was kind of cute, but over the past few days I am concerned for his (Roscoe) safety. As he is a pup and low to the ground he darts around real quick and since this is on a country road where at times folks just want to test out the speed of their vehicle and damm everyone else. I have called the owners once about Roscoe and they are very nice people who came to the door and got him and took him inside, but during our walk today Roscoe runs around so excitied that he just runs across the road. I try to keep him on the shoulder but it does not work. Now I am upset because I don’t want this guy to get run over and I don’t want either dog to get huirt. The idea behind this whole thing is to get Red out for a long walk and me also. But now I have to cut the walks back in order to keep Roscoe safe. I have heard about being a responsible pet owner more than once used towards me and I think I do a fairly good job at it, but I am the head of the house not the animals and it bothers me to be told or implied that one is not responsible for his animal. I have accepted the responsibilities without question and have done so during my adult life, being responsilbe for other people and their welfare, responsible for millons of dollars of equipment, being responsible for my actions. Granted I have not always been like this, I can recall when I did not give a S### about you, them or anyone else except me. I still have spells of that from time to time but for the most part I am responsible for my actions and take responsiblity for the animals I share the house with, if I had a wife and children I would be responbile for them and their welfare. That is just the right thing to do!

I hope that the very nice people who own Roscoe take responsiblity for him and keep him secure in their yard. I know that I will curtail my walks with Red or take him someplace else. I reallly dont want to do this, as I live here also and think it is sad that I have to change because someone else will not be resonsible, but if something happens to Roscoe I will expected to take responsibility for the outcome, it is easy to put it upon someone else and blame someone else. I have gotten tired of this in others and sadly in myself.

I hope that nothing happens to Roscoe, today to get him to stop I had to pin him and scold him and given him a smack, after that he went on back to his front yard, what bugs me the most is that Ifelt bad about doing this. I am confused about this stuff. Hopefully I am doing what is right for my cats and dogs. I think I have done so in the past, it hurts to do what is right, it hurts right down deep in the heart, soul and mind, when the decison to put Mister Bronx and Miss Brooklyn to sleep I took the responsiblity and it still hurts.

Well enough of that, I hope that your week is a good one with few troubles lots of smiles and warm love! Take care until next time.

Pete