I have times i wonder whats going on in bones head. Most of the time i can read him like a book but last night was a bit different.
We were headed to the store last night and Bones wanted to hang his head out the window. I always let him as long as he is on my lap and i have a hold of his collar so he cant fall out. I noticed the whole way there and back that each time we drove past an animal dead in the road he would watch it until he could no longer see it. It made me wonder if he was comprehending that there was a dead animal there and if he thought he needed to stop to check it out and maybe help it.
Bones is a very sensitive boy. When someone is sad or hurt he knows it and always tried to help. I know many of you may think " well, he is a service dog so shouldnt he be that way?" Well yes and no. Yes because he is trained to be that way, however he is trained for me, plus i never trained him to be so caring, it just came natural for him. See when I rescued him I never planned on needing a Service dog, but my nerves and PTSD have gotten progressively worse over the years and Bones picked up on that and started responding to me without me saying anything to him. Thats when my shrink suggested that i finish any training he needed to be my Service Dog.
I also wonder if the reason he was watching the "road kill" has to do with his scavenger instinct...as before I rescued him he was rarely fed and pretty much ate what he could catch...and in ways he has carried that with him ever since. Take for example taking him fishing. He loves it but y ou have to be very careful as he will eat the bait and try and eat any fish on a stringer or even try and grab them off the hook when you reel fish in. I usually deal with it by giving him the first fish I catch. Once i do that he seems fine the rest of the time.
I honestly think Im the only one who could put up with Bones quirks. He just has some odd ways about him that others would find troubling but for us we make such a good team and have grown so much alike in our ways that to me hes the perfect companion and Service Dog.
So, what do you think??? Why do you think Bones was so fascinated by the dead aminals in the road?
