Goldens' Rule

True to her breed, Bailey naturally subscribes to the Golden Rule. She further believes that it is within her realm of expertise to elaborate and expand upon the rule, and that it is her obligation to share with the Blogoshpere what she has learned during her many years.  She therefore offers the following Golden Rules for living a long, happy and treat-filled life.

1. Love everyone without question or hesitation. Continue to love them even if (especially if) they do not accept your love or they fail to return it. Just keep licking, jumping on, and otherwise loving them.
2. Approach every new situation with joy, exuberance and abandon. Many, perhaps most situations will not warrant such exuberance, but the rewards gained by being open to joy will be worth it.
3. Be ridiculously excited by everything, no matter how simple or mundane it may seem. The excitement you bring will make it exciting. 
4. Get as many pets and hugs as you can, and seek them whenever possible. It is fine to coax a pet by nudging your head into a person’s hand or leaning against their legs. If the person should become distracted and stop petting you, it is only polite to help refocus them by gently placing a paw on their hand or lap while looking with wide, longing eyes.
5. Be loyal to those that are loyal to you (even if someone else has tastier treats).
6. Defend yourself vigorously when threatened, while never compromising rule #1.
7. Sniff others, as you would have them sniff you. Inhale them deeply knowing that the path to their soul is through their anal glands.
8. Farting is the ideal way to express joy. Fart when you are excited; fart when you are happy; fart in the middle of a really good dream; fart to greet a beautiful new day.
9. Seek out all things humans hold to be gross and disgusting. The grosser they find it, the better it is likely to be.
10. Make someone happy whenever you can. Knowing that your person is happiest when you are happy, be sure to show them the gross thing you are so thoroughly enjoying.  Flaunt it, spread it, smear it, roll in it and, by all means, don’t be greedy—push it into their hands or leave some in their bed. 

Finally, having been raised by me, Bailey wishes to remind you of the Lennon-McCartney axiom, to which she also subscribes:

And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.