Inner Dogs

Dear Dog Lady,

The other day, I overheard someone urging her friend to "walk your inner dog." That got me thinking. Do all of us have inner dogs? If so, what are they telling us?

Betsy, Boston

Betsy, such a wetsy scrap of advice you overheard. Naturally, we all have inner dogs. (C'mon what else would Dog Lady say?) These inner dogs tell us to finish everything in our bowl, sniff out possibilities, leap at the moment, and leave our mark all over the world.

Dog Lady is stumped, however, about what it means to "walk your inner dog" because inner dogs run free. The advice should have been to "unleash your inner dog."

Must run now to fetch my "outer dog" who's barking to get in.

Posted by Dog Lady at May 5, 2006 12:31 PM