a little lesson from the dog

There was a squirrel caught in a trap this morning and when the dogs went past it, they changed from being two docile and friendly family pets to a couple of feral creatures.  We had to get hold of them and drag them away into the house.  As soon as they were out of eye and earshot of their prey, they returned to two docile and friendly family pets.  What I learned from this is that the emotion only belongs to the event, and if I were like Algie or Muffin (names of dogs) I would leave any emotion, positive or negative just where it belonged and not drag it like an old bone into meditation.