When their size is just enough to fill the palm, tail is small like a bird's feather and can merely produce any noise, doggos charm us with a puppy gaze, one which is pretty, always asking for a lots of attention and care. Like come and hold me, make me sit on your chest. And when they get excited for some reason it becomes notorious with small movements of tail oscillating and rotating simultaneously.
When they grow up to a year or so, the gaze starts getting steadier though still developing focus and child like naughtiness is not completely lost. The gaze tells it all that they won't attack yet and strangers are safe if they wanna pat them not in case of all the breeds though. When they get confused, eyes compliment the body movements and head tilts are present in the early phases of development. The body is also not fully developed thus gaze is less alarming and frightening.
Now when they grow up to 5-6 years, the gaze is steady when they enquire something or when they are curious. Focus is supreme and eyes are more of a guardian lacking notorious kiddo attitude. Head tilts are fully developed and they also know when to use them like whenever they are pretty confused or just to look adorable sometimes. Protective attitude is clearly reflected in those concentrated and goal oriented magical eyes. The dedication is at peak to serve their hooman.
Later years of a dog's life bring about laziness. Their body can't take much now also they are more prone to diseases than ever. They still have that charm but focusing those eyes isn't easy as it always was. I can't tell much about their gaze in this stage because my dog is in the prime at present but I really look forward to notice the changes.
The changes along with the gaze like how they sit on four legs in beginning to take a pee and later on they do it with raising one of them, tells us the stages of a dogs life. They actually start marking their area when they change stance of peeing. The food habits also change. They waste a lot when in kiddo phase but as the growth advances, they eat nicely and its only when its too hot, a cool drink will do the trick rather than normal routine food. Once you get connected to them, you will admire the beauty of changes in them for sure.
You can pave the way you want them to follow for sure. Like if you want them to follow some habits for rest of their lives, you got to teach them real early. Its not that they won't follow something if you teach them in later stages but its more on their mood to follow it in this case and less as a discipline. They show aversion to those things which they don't wanna learn or do once learnt in the later stages but they are lot easy to handle when same things are fed to them in early stages.
The sense of devotion and loyalty in dogs always inspires me, how we should stick to those we love no matter what. The tail wags always rejoices me and fills me up with refreshing vibes as if they are celebrating every moment in which they see us and really tells me how to value those who are dear to me. Last but not the least, their eyes, always lovely to those whom they are loyal to & alarming to those against their faith: "who says they can't speak, the magical glittery pair does the trick for them".
Keep loving your dogs and thanks for reading<3<3<3<3.
