There are always going to be videos and images on the web. As a personal policy, I try not to post pictures which are controversial or shocking. There’s enough going on in the world these days, isn’t there? We really don’t need anything to bring us down.

In one of my last posts I wrote how easy it is during my down time to get lost in the internet’s web. Videos, songs, interactive sites and pictures seem to bombard most of your senses. However, every once in a while you find that gem of a picture; something that makes you look at it and at the very end say ‘Awwww!’.

I found the picture to the right on one of the various news sites that I frequent.  When I saw it I did exactly as I said – “Awwww!”. There are so many facets to this image which make it so adorable:

• It flies in the face of the stereotypical antagonistic behavior between cats and dogs
• The puppy seems so young and innocent
• Are the puppy and cat merely attempting to stay warm or is there more to this? Is this a cure for lonliness?

Growing up we’re all faced with believing that cats and dogs have a hard time coexisting. We learn this from cartoons, movies, television shows, books and magazines. It has been drilled into us so much that we begin to believe it. Those of us who have a multi-species home no that both of these fine, furry friends can love each other and coexist under the same roof.

It’s a nice lesson to learn, isn’t it?

Regardless of species, this cat and dog get along well