Miracles with paws

DOG or God, I believe they both mean the same immaterial of which way you spell them. Hey wait. I am no atheist and this wouldn't be any cynical prose. There can be no psychotherapy as a dog licking you all over, just because he has been missing you for the past couple of hours. The biggest pleasure by having a dog around is, not only will you make a fool yourself with him, so would he to keep you entertained.

The other day, I went to a pet store to check out the pups there. Not that I couldn't afford them, but just those few moments of watching them play made my day. At the risk sounding prejudiced, I only wish I was one of those fat, rich, jobless housewives who had no idea why they even existed but had loads of time to do nothing but to groom themselves. I would have bought atleast three pups on the spot. Most importantly, I would have all the time and space to pamper them like I was their biological mommy.

I recollect how 'fluke' and I used to spend our days. As Shankar rightly puts it, he was truly an angel. He came from nowhere and kept wandering around us, until Mary picked him up. He was named by I don't know who and soon he became the centre of everybody's attention. He became a part of my life and soon left us all with no clue where he is right now.

One of my professors has a blind dog. Even now I keep wondering, when she's away at work, who takes care of him? That is one big question, answer to which is not letting me buy a pup for myself right now. I have consulted almost all my 'dog' friends on this. One of the basic suggestions I got was about hiring somebody to feed him and watch over him during the day. Another one, "may be you can try out one of those expensive dog creches."

Really? Would I do any of these if he were my kid? I almost skipped a beat of my heart. What if the person I hire doesn't do her job. I mean, who supervises her? What if something went wrong when I am at work?What is point of having a pup if I have to leave him at the love of somebody else and infact pay stinking money for that?

Then came a cold suggestion, "just don't buy one." Though I thought he was insensitive to me for having said that, still I have managed to keep up to it until now. But what is it that a dog can do to me right now?

Working in a news room, can be really stressful. Oh yes, have heard enough of this. But once you get back home, you tend to believe in miracles; miracles with paws!