three track mind

that's about all a dog has, at least a neutered dog... the not neutered dog obviously has a powerful fourth track, but the average dog is neutered and has three basic tracks... feed me... walk me... pet me... some dogs are more social and active than others which influences the frequency and intensity of the three tracks big time... and happiness is one of those very social dogs who almost constantly is running fast along one of his three tracks and in between is staring either at the outdoors (walk me) or people (which could me any of the three)... he usually has almost no clue that people exist for anything other than to serve one of his three needs... occasionally people serve one of the needs he has that are not one he likes, like bathe me, but generally people are just there to serve one of his three primary needs...

he is currently staring to go outside, even though he went out for his usual walk this morning and he is quite used to not seeing a person or getting a walk until late afternoon or even early evening, he is desperately trying to convey the profound need to go outside as if he has never been outside before and going outside is the most exciting thing there can be in life... he is such a dramatic actor, really, but then, it is not acting to him, it is all very real cuz he, like most dogs, lives in the moment and has few thoughts of before or after the moment...

the staring can become quite annoying at times, depending on how he does it (he will sometimes stand right in front of the tv or directly in front of where a person is sitting) and a person's mood cuz people, me, in this case, have more than a one track mind (serve me) are not actually always here to serve the dog every moment as the dog would like... while some dogs might be a lot happier with a brother or sister for the social need, happiness is only momentarily interested in other animals and within less than a minute, sometimes as fast as a few seconds, turns away from any potential animal friend and pulls off to continue exploring the outdoors... a loner dog, happiness is, probably because he grew up with a cat and learned many cat behaviors... he is so much an aloof cat as much as he is a smiling staring attention-skeeping dog... he doesn't like to curl up on laps or next to people or at people's feet, he prefers his own space on his pillows that have views of the outdoors... but at the first sign of movement, he is assuming the person moved specifically to serve one of his needs...

such a predictably optimistic puppy... he gets his optimism from his mom, his human mom... jackson is one of the most optimistic innocent hopeful happy people i've ever known... she's a person so there are lots of other tracks to her personality and mind and heart and moods and needs, but the most frequent is the optimistic innocent hopeful and that shows through in happiness big time... he is such a wonderfully lovable dog, in spite of his constant staring when i am just sitting here relaxing and writing on a day off :)