Seventh Day Dogs
I've heard it said that for every human year a dog lives seven years. It could then follow that for every month a dog lives seven months. And for every day a dog lives seven days.
Genesis 2:2 states "on the seventh day G-d finished the work which he had been doing, and he ceased on the seventh day for all the work which he had done. And G-d blessed the seventh day and declared it holy, because on it G-d ceased from all the work of creation which he had done."
Could it be that one reason our dogs are so dear to us is because of what they show us? For them, each day is the seventh day. They embody a life in a perpetual state of holiness--the Sabbath. G-d blessed the Seventh Day as an example for us to follow. Is there a better example of love on earth as what we receive and learn from our canine companions?