Wednesday, June 20, 2007

His is red. But it's so much more.

There's a mystery I've been trying to uncover for most of my life: what is it with dogs and their collars??

Nothing makes Lucky spaz out as much as someone messing with his collar. The act of taking off his collar, or putting it back on him, makes him crazy. You can barely get it fastened because he is trying to grab it, and he jumps up and down, and to the side, like Muhammad Ali in the ring. If you give it to him, he will prance and run around like a super-charged flying reindeer, snorting and throwing his head up and around.
Is it because it's the one thing he feels belongs exclusively to him?
Does a collar make a dog feel secure?
Or is it the association with going places?
Is it because they like jewelry?
The Great Sphinx of Giza, Atlantis, Stonehenge, and Dogs' Collars. We may never really know.

4 comments:

Kelly-Jane said...

That's a good point you have there Lisa, I wonder....

Sandy said...

I'm still trying to figure out people! I haven't graduated to animals yet. :)

Anonymous said...

Our dear firend Buster does not like his collar at all...his human thinks that is why he was found lost and wndering....

Dogs are funny things...

Megan

Ms O said...

He is so cute! I'll bet he loves that collar because it takes him places. Good thing he can't drive.

Lea