The Dog Cribs about Socio-Cultural Problems

My grandfather, a gorgeous German Shepherd, once said to me – “Properly trained, a man can be dog's best friend.” I guess the sinking ship of the 21^st century could really save itself if it follows my Grandfather’s pearls of wisdom. Humans are nothing but modified monkeys, and wolves never got along with monkeys. But I’m sure if humans start following life the way a dog does, it would get a hell lot simpler.

Humans have issues like Gender Inequality, Racism, Social Outcastes and what not! When you’re a dog, you just like to splash water and get dirty in mud. It doesn’t matter if it’s with a stray or a full pedigree. I just can’t seem to comprehend how humans can so effortlessly categorize each other – Americans, Indians, Chinese, Men, Women, Schedule Castes, Other Backward Classes, etc. Well, as far as I know, all of them breathe and walk and talk gratuitously. So why do you need to distinguish between the ones who are fair and the ones who are not? The ones who are men or women? The ones who are rich or poor? According to me, the only distinguishing factor between 2 human beings is whether they are irritating or not.

Homo sapiens believe in Gender Inequality. What is it about? Female Feticide and Infanticide – How many times do you see a bitch killing all her daughters out of the litter? Or how many times do you see a dog teaching his sons how to hunt for prey and ask his daughters to stay at home? Stray Dogs don’t pay special attention to pet bitches when they go for a walk. They don’t eve tease or whistle when they see a bitch. Why? Because dogs are civilized beings and don’t discriminate on insignificant matters. Oh boy! How I wish that humans treated each other equally.

The average gentleman also indulges in racism. To him, being a black or a white, an Indian or an American plays a vital role in determining his future life. If being fair counted so much, then some of the most popular dog breeds like German Shepherds and Dobermans would have faced discrimination throughout their life and not given entry into the police or military because of the color of their skin. Would you like to live in a world where the security of your nation is dependant on Chihuahuas or Lhasa Apsos because they are fairer and would seem like the more obvious choice? Or for that matter, the Rampur Hound, counted among one of the strongest canine breeds wouldn’t have gotten the respect and stature it has right now because it’s Asian. As a matter of fact, we dogs are such firm seekers of a boundary less world that you’ll find more than a thousand Alsatians (an American dog breed) in Iraq but not a single Iraqi in USA. Why does my gentleman even need to make different nations when we all belong to Planet Earth?

My Social Animal has also divided his fellow Earthlings into Rich, Poor, Upper Class, Middle Class, Schedule Caste, Schedule Tribe etc. How many times do you see a pet dog disapprove a stray just because he’s impoverished or abandoned? Never. How many times do you see stray dogs bombing the houses of pets because the world is unfair to them? Never. How many times do you come across pets mixing up with pets and ignoring the stray just because they aren’t as clean or as puffed and powdered as them? Instead of being boastful and proud, we are thankful and humble. But look at you humans. All you do with all your education and your technology is build nuclear weapons or attack fellow human beings and say it was to please God.

Humans have made their life so complex and tough by indulging in such silly activities. I bet if a human lived like a dog for a day, they would all get trans-bred! But as of now, its really tough to share the same planet with human beings considering their low level of thinking and humungous level of exaggeration. John Holmes, once, very correctly said :

A dog is not "almost human" and I know of no greater insult to the canine race than to describe it as such.

 Tushar K. Aggarwal