Dogs And Life Is Hard

I'm starting to read the book, Road Less Traveled, by M. Scott Peck. 

First sentence: "Life is hard."

Good point. 

Another sentence on the first page: "Life is a series of problems. Do we want to moan about them or solve them?"

Owning a dog can be hard, especially if a.) you are a novice dog owner; b.) you don't know what you are doing; c.) you got more dog than you know how to handle; d.) you don't have the resources for your dog... and/or... 

And lastly, e.) if you haven't made a decision that you are going to solve all of the above. Making that decision, when you really mean it and you do it, makes life not so hard with your dog. For almost everyone, it makes owning a dog quite easy. 

If I get any other pearls of wisdom from the book, I might write more here.