Should he/they adopt a dog?

[HarryK]

A close friend of our family is thinking to adopt a dog from an animal shelter. He has today an appointment where they will show them two dogs. (Golden Retriever & Australian Sh.)

He is a bit nervous about the appointment, somehow excited and also scared - his experience with dogs is ok but also a bit 'dusted.'

I want to help him and asked the Yi: Should he get a/the dog? Answer was: 25.1.3.6 > 31.

My thoughts:
25.1 - Good, go without any expectation to the meeting.

25.3 - Undeserved misfortune. The cow (dog?) that was tethered by someone is the wanderer's gain, the citizen's loss. (Wilhelm)
I see this line mixed. Maybe the dog(s) are not healthy or there is somehow 'cheating' in it?

25.6 - Innocent action brings misfortune. Nothing furthers. (Wilhelm)
Don't do anything. Don't take the dog.(?)

31 - INITIATIVE (INFLUENCE) - they will make some advertisement to convince him, or he needs to convince his self to let go of this idea.

By the way, he want share the dog also with his parents who are living round 5 min. far from him. So if he is at work or so the dog is 'always" safe. Or are the parents safe?

What do you think?

Thankful
Harry

 

[rosada]

25.3 does set off some red flags. I wonder if it is a warning to ask about the dog's history? Like is it a runaway or was it abused by former owners? Or perhaps neither of these dogs is right for him, they are destined for someone else.
25.6 also is worrisome. I don't know what you mean by saying your friend's past experience with dogs is "dusted". Do you mean it was some time ago? Does he need to get some advice about dog training? Or does there be issues with the parents - maybe expecting them to be more responsible for the dog than they intended? Anyway, this line seems to be a heads up about getting into something he needs to know more about.
31. Influence seems to describe the appointment, an opportunity to meet the dogs.

I think this reading is not so much saying whether the friend should adopt one of these dogs but rather what his attitude should be about this meeting today. He should consider it a chance to meet the dogs and ask questions. Perhaps the negative lines are saying one of the dogs will obviously NOT be the right one. Wouldn't that make life simpler?! Ha! Anyway, I think 25 advises he should not be blindly eager or obligated to get either one. With that sort of a neutral attitude he'll be more able to feel if one is right.

 

[HarryK]

Thank you, Rosada. Very interesting. I have some updates on the reading.

The meeting with the dogs was today and I joined my best friend cause I was curios about it. I've never visit an animal shelter before. In the meeting he should see two dogs: Spyke & Jonny. But it was only Spyke which we saw. Jonny, a golden retriever, was just to aggressive and not in a good mood.

Spyke was something we would call: A dog like in your dreams. He was nice and friendly but my best friend is a bit nervous how to handle the situation if he adopts the dog. He needs to convince his parents to help him out sometimes as he works round 8 hours a day. Of course with some *working from home* options.

 

[rosada]

Maybe 25.3 means the parents latch on to the dog and don't want to share him!

 

[HarryK]

To be honest the dog is beautiful and what I know is that he will have another 'larger' walk with the dog on Sunday. I'm still curious if Yi is giving him a warning or a bad omen with 25.1.3.6 -> 31.

 

[rosada]

I'm more inclined to think it describes the dog - a 25.1 Innocent Creature who has had 25.3 rough experiences that were not his fault (Do you know his history? Was he lost, stolen or abandoned?) but 25.6 he still has his original trusting nature (Maybe too trusting? Slow learner?!). Whatever, I think 31. Influence is a very positive omen for getting to know each other.

 

[HarryK]

The dog had (more or less) not a massiv bad history. At least what the people said to him. Spyke is 5 years old and his previous owners had to give him away because they moved to another city and were not allowed to keep the dog in the new apartment. The animal shelter he found him was the second shelter for Spyke as he was passed around. Why - he doesn't know.

The people who work at the shelter don't know anything about the previous family. What we all know is that Spyke is not born in the country we live. By the way, attached a picture of Spyke which my mate shot yesterday

 

[rosada]

Awww.. what a good boy!

 

[HarryK]

Anyway I re-asked Yi: What should Oliver do to get Spyke?

I got 36.1.3.5.6 -> 20

Quit interesting for me as 20 shows me the "overview", the one "boss" who looks over heaven and earth. But back to the beginning: 36.

For me the whole story for 36 is something like to camouflage against everything?(!?) And not to talk about adopting the dog? Very hard for me specially with Line 3 and 5.

What are your thoughts?

Thankful
Harry

 

[rosada]

So 20. He needs to examine the full ramifications of what he's considering doing.

36.1.3.6 - He should control the urge to bully or beg his folks but should be silent and observe how committed to this his parents really feel (they may come around further in time), He should resist taking the dog unless he has reasonable support.

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This is not to say he wont get it. I think this is just outlining the next step: to get past a feeling of wanting and into a place of calm spiritual surrender to what is best for all. Skype may be a great soul teaching him lessons already!

 

[HarryK]

So 20. He needs to examine the full ramifications of what he's considering doing.

36.1.3.6 - He should control the urge to bully or beg his folks but should be silent and observe how committed to this his parents really feel (they may come around further in time), He should resist taking the dog unless he has reasonable support.

_
This is not to say he wont get it. I think this is just outlining the next step: to get past a feeling of wanting and into a place of calm spiritual surrender to what is best for all. Skype may be a great soul teaching him lessons already!

This is just a wonderful explanation. Thank you. Oli is going to have his second walk with Skype tomorrow. Will let you know what happened.

 

[HarryK]

Oli was yesterday afternoon out with Pyke. Same procedure like last Friday. Pyke was very kind and friendly ... QUOTE: "he is such a good boy."

Still a lot of barriers for adoption. Oli told me that he is seeing the whole thing like: The goal is right; the way feels wrong. He mention the potential conflict situation that this dog could bring forth with the dog and his family.