Barney, meet Mabel
Posted on August 2nd, 2006 by TK
As the owner of a nearly 5 month old pup who has several acts of destruction already under his belt, I can look at these photos and understand exactly what happened. No malice of thought on Barney’s part. Just seemed like the thing to do at the moment. Heck, the bear probably gave Barney a funny look.
“Heck, the bear probably gave Barney a funny look.”
Talk about a coke-spitting line! Kirby’s having a good effect on you, TK. You’re beginning to think like a dog!
“Arrr…I’d give me right eye to see Barney punished.”- Elvis’ Teddy Bear
Oh my that picture is hilarious! I’ll have to go dig out a picture of the futon my boy Diesel ripped up a few years ago. And thanks for the blogroll link. I’ll return the favor.
:)
That does bring up some interesting theological speculations.
Is the dog making this mess an indication that the dog is fallen? Or just an indication that the world is fallen? There’s a difference.
We were the ones who fell, after all creatures were put under us. Much of what I think goes awry is when we fail to act as the stewards we are.
I love your “the bear probably gave Barney a funny look” suggestion. We need more of that. Toystores are so necessary because not enough kids have dogs. Toys are boring precisely because they are so easily controlled. The dog is way more interesting than any toy precisely because the dog is unpredictable.
A hell could be created that would be like that toystore. It could be fun for a day, or a week. Maybe for the imaginative person, even a year. Eventually, I think anyone locked in it would make it look like that dog did.
“We were the ones who fell, after all creatures were put under us. Much of what I think goes awry is when we fail to act as the stewards we are.”
Good point, Rick. I think that all of creation fell equally when we failed to be good stewards of what was given us to protect.
It wasn’t until becoming Lutheran that I heard the concept of a fallen earth. Until that time, I thought of sin as something a person does to be bad rather than a condition that one is stuck in without hope of escape. One of my favorite pastors told me that God never intended for even squirrels to be killed by cars. This pastor is no PETA member, but a deep and intelligent scholar who was willing to go out on a limb to illustrate a scriptural truth.
I think that Barney also illustrates that concept.