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Music They say blind dogs shouldn't run, mainly because you can't run when you're a blind dog.

You might run into stuff. It's just too many dangers. It's scary. Even if your owner takes you to a big park where there are no obstacles, only a big green field, you still can't run wide open. There's just too many variables. What if you collide

with a park goer? What if you get disoriented and run in the wrong direction and head straight

into traffic? What if you outrun your owner and then,

well, you're on your own? Your owner, you know, your dad, he's your security blanket. You can't

be without him. So mostly, you live a blind life without running. You walk everywhere very carefully.

You have the house mapped out in your head.

You know how to move up and down the stairs.

You know how to use your nose the same way a blind person uses a cane.

But under no circumstances would there ever be any running.

It's simply too frightening.

Still, here's the thing. You're a dog. You've got this huge part of your genealogy that is

saying constantly, we need to run. Your biology is always screaming at you. That's part of being canine. Your physiology is

always perpetually barking important messages to your conscious mind. Messages like,

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