Amazed Contempt |

I’ve seen a look in dogs’ eyes, a quickly vanishing look of amazed contempt,
and I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts. –John Steinbeck

“A rough and ready, hearty and salty old sea dog is ‘Barnacle Bull,’ mascot aboard a Coast Guard-manned assault transport somewhere in the Pacific. A veteran campaigner, ‘Barnacle Bill’ wears his white hat at a jaunty angle and wonders what’s holding up Mess Call,” ca 1944

2 thoughts on “Amazed Contempt”

Rather sounds like John Steinbeck distrusted dogs or didn’t even like them…how can anyone not love their canines and felines? With a dog, the unconditional love and trust you see in their eyes is never to be found in all other creatures on this earth…and they love you with that blind trust and faith only a dog can possess…cats are different, however and not as dependent, but still when they jump into your lap, you know for them that is ringing endorsement that they respect you at the very least and even if they don’t love you, in time they will trust you to feed them forever.. after all you belong to them and they’ve just put their stamp of approval on you in their own unique and inimitable way…I’ve experienced both of those types of affection from the many dogs and cats in my own life…there’s no experience like it…k

NavyOne on July 27, 2012 at 01:19 said:

Interesting that Steinbeck wrote “Travels with Charley.” It was a tale of him and his dog. A great book. . .

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