Dogs Like Me

I'm sure sma' pleasure it can gie,

Ev'n to a deil,

To skelp an' scaud poor dogs like me

An' hear us squeel.

-Robert Burns

Barking, howling, growling, crying, squealing on my own;

Sniffing around, wagging my tail, licking faces, chewing bones

That sort of stuff fills up my life, some of it turns into songs.

Have a listen if you like and feel free to squeal along.

cf Zen :Does a a dog have Buddha nature?

Zen: Dog when master's finger points towards the moon

Dog: literal vs. insult (as how I see myself, where I belong... cf are you like me? Is this your tribe?)

Dog= cynicism (doglike-ness)

You may not like me, but dogs do...and that's good enough for me (or at least a consolation)

Hellhounds

hounds of love (Kate Bush)

Black Dog

"A song is a living critter" Bob Weir (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chmE7JglAKo)

Cynicism..... dog-like

Jordi (farmer) judging p's by their dogs and how dogs react to them

"For Diogenes, being truly human means living like a dog. Cynics were like dogs in another way too: they barked at people. That is, they said exactly what they thought, without fear or favour. Just as doctors prescribe nasty medicines, Antisthenes said, philosophers deliver unpleasant truths" 

https://www.open.edu/openlearn/history-the-arts/culture/philosophy/cynicism-philosophy-dogs#