The Other Coast by Adrian Raeside for August 10, 2018

That’s the look I get when I sit down to eat at the table

Doting? More like glaring!

That’s the feed me stare. Seen that one for many years.

Awww! We love you too, Koko!

Sweetheart does this!

Food or a walk would be an appropriate response from Dad.

I love that stare I get from Teddy…..I swear he looks right into my soul. I love it.

Looks like something’s burning in the kitchen and causing black smoke. Koko’s stare needs to be a little more invigorating.

According to several sources, when a dog just looks at you (with no food present) that is their way of saying they love you. :D

https://www.littlethings.com/secret-ways-dogs-say-love-you/

https://www.facebook.com/barkbox/videos/997907293578655/

https://www.rover.com/blog/show-love-dog-language/

https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/pets/20-ways-your-dog-says-%E2%80%9Ci-love-you%E2%80%9D/ss-AAwMHky#image=1

https://www.thedogbakery.com/blogs/news/14-ways-your-dog-says-i-love-you

“You have two hands and neither one is scratching me!”

When Sweetheart looks into my eyes as i’m looking into hers and she does that doggy smile, i know that there is a someone in there looking at me.

She’s not human, i know that.

And the difference in intelligence is obvious. (…most of the time…)

But, there is a self aware intelligence in there.

I can’t know her thoughts, whatever form they may take. I’m not a dog. But i know that she’s looking at me, just as i am looking at her, face to face, eye to eye.

One last thing. When she looks at me, she looks at me like that, into my face and into my eyes.