Comments on: The Puppiness Project – Show Some Enthusiasm

By: 2 brown dawgs

2 brown dawgs — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 11:56:36 +0000

I can just imagine Honey doing the greeting dance.

By: melF

melF — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 01:57:09 +0000

What a beautiful post Pamela. I hope Mike felt your happy dance and tail thump as he read it.

I am generally a happy person who alternates between a happy dance and a tail thump. I think I like Honey’s idea of a greeting more. I may have to start tapping my foot a little more often. 🙂

By: Colby

Colby — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 20:52:42 +0000

Hi Pamela,

Thanks for reminding us to show our loved ones our happy dance. I do need to do this more with my close friends and family. I’m so sorry to hear about your friend’s loss. It goes to show you that you never can tell someone too much how much you love and appreciate them.

By the way, Apache is a Golden and doesn’t do the happy dance. He either calmly waits for people to approach and pet him or he does the insanity dance where he jumps all around and forgets all about his guide dog training….still a work in progress.

Have a great week!
Colby

By: Beth

Beth — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 20:50:57 +0000

I’m saddened to hear of your friend’s loss. Life is too short. This post serves as a reminder for me not to take any life for granted. How lucky you are to be the center of the universe for your husband and to realize how special it is!

By: Married with Dawgs

Married with Dawgs — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 20:10:53 +0000

I’m so sorry about your friend’s (and your) loss. What a tragic thing to happen!

Blogville seems to be fairly populated with introverted females, many of whom have extroverted husbands. I’m certainly one of them! Thanks for sharing and for making (I’m sure) many of us feel like we’re not alone in not always doing the Golden Dance.

By: Jessica @ YouDidWhatWithYourWeiner

Jessica @ YouDidWhatWithYourWeiner — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 05:00:44 +0000

How sweet. That is how I feel about my Fiance. I hope we have as many happy years to come. I have suffered a lot of loss in my life so I learned early on to tell people how you feel about them TODAY because it might be your last chance. I can say from experience though, you can’t kick yourself. No matter how much you thought you told that person everything you wanted them to know, there will ALWAYS be more you wish you had said after they are gone. I am very sorry for your friend.

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 03:41:28 +0000

Wow Pam, you certainly hit all of the emotions with this post!

I wish I could express my happiness like my Golden – though that would require me to whack myself in the face with my tail!

By: Jen

Jen — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 03:13:16 +0000

My husband definitely causes me to do the happy dance, but most of the time it is done inside because I can never let him know how happy he has made me because then he might think he is all done:)

I loved this post:)

By: Jackie Bouchard

Jackie Bouchard — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 02:22:01 +0000

What a sad inspiration for your post though. I’d be very lost without my hubby (also named Mike), who is also my best friend, and it’s my worst fear to go through what your friend is facing. Sending her pawsitive thoughts – wherever she is out there.
I also tend to be pretty “cool”, as is my hubby. There are things that really get me amped up (and then people usually say, “wow, I’ve never seen you this excited before”) but generally my hubby and I are both just very calm folks. Hopefully our calmness rubs off (soon) on our new pup, who is very overprotective of us/the house!
BTW, love your hubby’s posted comment. 🙂

By: Roberta

Roberta — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 01:45:34 +0000

Susan Cain’s book “Quiet…” about introverts in an extrovert world, is on my mind and was reinforced by this post. I’m extroverted in some things: I loved public speaking, singing at weddings, going to movies…but when our family traveled, I didn’t ooh and ahh but kept the loveliness in my heart and always had a book. I was very introverted in school – I am more “cool” than “warm,” except about 5 in the morning at work – then I cut loose with some dancing (and it’s not pretty!).
What a lovely post – learning from our dogs is important; Beagles and Collies (my two favs) are both gregarious, out-going, friendly dogs – they help pull me out of my shell. Sharing the strength and love you receive from your best friend is awesome…I’m still looking!