Is Trust the Default?
Filed Under (Anxiety, Chatter, Dogs) by Cynthia on Nov 3, 2009 1:39 pm
Tagged Under : Anxiety, Dogs, Mental Health
So as you guys probably know I got the most wonderful puppy back in July. He’s six months old now and he is still the most wonderful puppy. I hope he doesn’t grow up too fast because it’s just so much fun to have a wiggly silly puppy in the house.
Jet trusts me so completely. This might be a dog related post, but it’s kid related too. And just a general trust post so I thought I’d put it here instead of my dog blog. Anyway I am just amazed at how completely he trusts me. He lets me hold him upside down, lift him, take things from him, give things to him… he flops on me in lots of ways with no thought of falling or being treated poorly. I assume young children are just exactly like this. Do young kids have trust as their default? Are they born with trusting their parents entirely?
I have had so many dogs through my home that don’t trust me. And as an adult human I don’t trust too many people. It seems, as adult humans, we don’t tend to trust easily. Trust has to be earned. We have been disappointed way too many times.
What if our trust was never betrayed, from the time we were little kids, and we trusted people by default? And people were trustworthy? I just wonder what the world would be like. Totally different… and human nature would not let that happen. But it’s an interesting idea anyway. Maybe in 4396510 years humans will evolve to a point where we will be trustworthy. Until then.. I will cherish my little boy Jet and appreciate all the trust he gives me. And protect him as much as I can. I want him to know the world is a safe place. I will make the world a safe place for him. Unlike a human kid, he won’t ever go out on his own and need to be a skeptic. I’ll always watch over him. 
On this day..
- Home Is So Nice - 2008
- Dream World - 2007
- Dreaming of Crabs - 2007
You are right. Trust of an animal or a small child is so precious. Both my cats and my dear niece have given me that gift. It is tied to unconditional love, don’t you think?
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Porter is the same way (once he gets to know you) but Rosey trusts no one. As for kids…I think they are born with Trust, but then life changes then, as it does us all, and we loose some of that trust. Glad Jet is doing good, he is sooo sweet!
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