Yup. It's a natural emotion. Maybe we have that within ourselves to help us understand how to change something within ourselves to get to a better place. I found that jealousy is in everyone to some degree. Even animals will display jealousy sometimes. People tend to be able to control it better than animals but there are some people that lack that ability. Those people can be dangerous.
"Scanning" a room will usually tell me who to avoid for that reason. Body language is part of the giveaway for that particular person. But, all in all, I do keep my jealousy controlled because it won't serve me well if I don't. Excuse me if I don't make much sense. This time change really messes with me.
Yes, I think we all experience jealousy from time to time. The trick is to not let it run our lives or make us bitter. And, yes, animals experience jealousy. We have a corgi who was very jealous of our then older corgi who has since passed on. If the older corgi got petted, the young one would get very jealous. We really had to work with her to be nice. :(
We have to watch our corgi very closely too. We had a smaller dog, chi and jack russell mix, and, well, corgies being hearding dogs she had a habit of pinching when she got into a tiff with other dogs or even when playing with one of us. The corgi got into a tiff one day with the smaller dog and pinched her wind pipe. We couldn't get to the vet fast enough. The corgi is still with us. She's my partner's therapy dog. She has since learned to control herself and I'm glad to say she has very few moments of even a short growl. She will usually look away from the other dogs now. We worked hard to teach her to control herself. She really is a sweep pup too. I was so heartbroken from the death of the other pup that I even have a tattoo in her memory. She was mostly my dog so her death really hurt.
Sorry your lost your dog - that is so painful. We downsized to corgis from German shepherds who, as you know, are also herding dogs and have many of the same issues as corgis. Our corgi, Pearl, has not overcome her issues because we are now a one-dog family. When the other corgi passed on from cancer, we decided we didn't want to deal with that issue any more and we knew we were moving to a smaller space where it would be difficult to have two dogs. Our yard is very small, but perfect for one dog. Anyway, we just keep her from other dogs and all is well.
We had talked about giving her back to the breeder but decided against it. Didn't want to have 2 dogs gone or give a problem to someone else. Our corgi is fine around the other dogs now. They are all a bit smaller but she doesn't like being scolded so she just looks the other way. She loves people but strange dogs she will try to go after. Strong pup too. She's 4 and is such a energetic dog. Loves to run and play ball. The other dogs are a little chi pup that's 14, a yorki that's 8 and a corgi terrier mix who's 13. He's my dog now. Loves to ride in the truck and hates when I go anywhere without him. Dogs are such loving animals and great therapy too.
If I can't have a dog in my life, is it really worth living? They are such amazing creatures and give us so much while truly asking for so little....when I worked in senior care, the seniors perked right up when we told them they could bring their dog or cat with them. It made all the difference in the world!
I sometimes have to deconstruct jealousy versus envy to get to the heart of the matter. That is to say before I can even begin to reframe what is is that is bringing on the angst.I can sure relate to your piano envy. I have the same thing with the accordion. LOL I don't resent the people playing so beautifully, but I can go down the rabbit hole of coulda shoulda woulda.
Yup. It's a natural emotion. Maybe we have that within ourselves to help us understand how to change something within ourselves to get to a better place. I found that jealousy is in everyone to some degree. Even animals will display jealousy sometimes. People tend to be able to control it better than animals but there are some people that lack that ability. Those people can be dangerous.
"Scanning" a room will usually tell me who to avoid for that reason. Body language is part of the giveaway for that particular person. But, all in all, I do keep my jealousy controlled because it won't serve me well if I don't. Excuse me if I don't make much sense. This time change really messes with me.
Yes, I think we all experience jealousy from time to time. The trick is to not let it run our lives or make us bitter. And, yes, animals experience jealousy. We have a corgi who was very jealous of our then older corgi who has since passed on. If the older corgi got petted, the young one would get very jealous. We really had to work with her to be nice. :(
We have to watch our corgi very closely too. We had a smaller dog, chi and jack russell mix, and, well, corgies being hearding dogs she had a habit of pinching when she got into a tiff with other dogs or even when playing with one of us. The corgi got into a tiff one day with the smaller dog and pinched her wind pipe. We couldn't get to the vet fast enough. The corgi is still with us. She's my partner's therapy dog. She has since learned to control herself and I'm glad to say she has very few moments of even a short growl. She will usually look away from the other dogs now. We worked hard to teach her to control herself. She really is a sweep pup too. I was so heartbroken from the death of the other pup that I even have a tattoo in her memory. She was mostly my dog so her death really hurt.
Sorry your lost your dog - that is so painful. We downsized to corgis from German shepherds who, as you know, are also herding dogs and have many of the same issues as corgis. Our corgi, Pearl, has not overcome her issues because we are now a one-dog family. When the other corgi passed on from cancer, we decided we didn't want to deal with that issue any more and we knew we were moving to a smaller space where it would be difficult to have two dogs. Our yard is very small, but perfect for one dog. Anyway, we just keep her from other dogs and all is well.
We had talked about giving her back to the breeder but decided against it. Didn't want to have 2 dogs gone or give a problem to someone else. Our corgi is fine around the other dogs now. They are all a bit smaller but she doesn't like being scolded so she just looks the other way. She loves people but strange dogs she will try to go after. Strong pup too. She's 4 and is such a energetic dog. Loves to run and play ball. The other dogs are a little chi pup that's 14, a yorki that's 8 and a corgi terrier mix who's 13. He's my dog now. Loves to ride in the truck and hates when I go anywhere without him. Dogs are such loving animals and great therapy too.
If I can't have a dog in my life, is it really worth living? They are such amazing creatures and give us so much while truly asking for so little....when I worked in senior care, the seniors perked right up when we told them they could bring their dog or cat with them. It made all the difference in the world!
It really does make a difference !!!
I sometimes have to deconstruct jealousy versus envy to get to the heart of the matter. That is to say before I can even begin to reframe what is is that is bringing on the angst.I can sure relate to your piano envy. I have the same thing with the accordion. LOL I don't resent the people playing so beautifully, but I can go down the rabbit hole of coulda shoulda woulda.
I hear you!!!!!