The dogs of intuition
Actually, it’s just one dog, but the plural sounded better in the title.
The dog in question is, probably, mostly pitbull, with some hound-like attributes and other breeds, topped off with a the gentlest and sweetest disposition of any animal I’ve known. His name was Butters, but it’s now General Lee.
I think I’ve missed out some stuff here, so let me start at the beginning…
Maggie’s parents (Maggie’s my wife) are old (96 and 86) and are dog lovers but getting too frail to find it easy to cope with dogs anymore. This is true particularly because they really love German Shepherds but they are way too big for them to deal with. We also knew that any dog they got would, eventually, become ours. We have two of our own (as well as 3 cats and a couple of chickens) so that any dog would have to fit in OK with our tribe.
Enter our neighbor who ended an affair which left him with a broken heart and an extra dog he didn’t want…Butters. Butters was lonely and confused and followed our neighbor to out house and sat and whined at the door. We let him in and he was wonderfully well-behaved and all was peace and light.
Then, out of the blue, (after it had been made clear that Butters was soon going to be looking for a home), Maggie just piped up and said “Oh! he’ll be perfect for my parents!”
We looked at each other and neither of us knew where THAT had come from, but we took a couple of photos and emailed them off. Next weekend, nervously we loaded up Butters (already named, in absentia as General Lee) and took him for the meeting.
Everyone was ecstatic, it was match made in heaven and all was peace and joy again.
The General, as he has now become known, was gentle, sweet, did not jump up, got out of the way when needed and loved being petted. He was able to ask to go outside straight away and was, in all respects, the perfect companion animal. Even though he was not a German Shepherd!
We know that he will fit in perfectly with our critters (our dogs love visiting him and he loves their company) and everything seems to have slotted into place without a hitch.
And how did that happen? From Maggie listening to her intuition and knowing
How many times have you wanted to say something, but stopped, because it seemed stupid or just plain wrong to say it? How many opportunities have been lost because of that?
Go with your feelings! You never know, it might SEEM stupid, but it might also be the PERFECT answer!
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I am glad to hear you have found a pet companion for your parents.
Sometimes during casual conversation with a co worker or aquaintance I will “hear” what is being thought in and around what is being spoken. I have at times chosen to respond to these unspoken yet audible “thoughts” but the result has usually been one of discomfort or mild confusion. Experience has shown me it is best to reserve this ” saying what pops into my head” for friends and family….there the result is almost always positive or at the very least, helpful.
On another note, my most frequent form of intuitive prompting comes when I am driving or otherwise engaged in some menial task. Perhaps these promptings are a result of being in the “zone” or being connected to my “witness” and they usually turn out to be accurate directions. “turn left here” or ” take this route today” being a couple of simple examples. I know they are accurate because very often I am a fraction of a second behind the prompt: I hear the message but am half way through the intersection before I am able to respond and have missed my chance…and get caught in a snarl of traffic or behind a driver with annoying habits. Its frustrating. Any thoughts on closing the gap?
Yes, often it’s true that the people who really need to hear what you have to say are the ones least open to it. So I can fully understand what you say about keeping it only to family and friends.
As for ‘closing the gap’, the only thing which comes to mind right now is that perhaps you are almost too relaxed when you get them. Instead of hearing the message, perhaps you could aim for feeling the feeling before the message arrives; a slight irritation, or nervousness perhaps. Maybe you’ll get it as a feeling of ’something’s going to happen’. Just tuning into yourself and your feelings more closely might be the answer you need!