Mama dog

In my drive...I was going through a city (can't remember which) and as I was driving, I noticed
a dead dear on the side of the road...well that is a common sight, especially in mountains...but what caught my attention was the animal feeding off the carcass....

It was not a buzzard or crow..It was a dog.  The dog was a small terrier mix and she was pregnant.
I watched her as she ripped strips of dead dear off and ate it...she was feeding herself and her pups...

I had never seen a dog feeding off a dead animal...I am sure that is a common thing, I had just not seen it before...

I was struck by the little dogs determination to rip off muscle and skin and chew it up...
Its hard to be sad for the deer (who was probably struck by a car)..because in death, the pups have dinner! 

This little mama dog was determined and one-minded.."eat, feed, sustain life"...she let me watch her,  it was an actual beautiful sight...

I feel I learn alot watching dogs and animals as a whole...they do what they need to do to survive, to thrive, to live...they move and grow through instinct...

My instinct is to move and grow...to survive and thrive...to press on, one day at a time...animals do not plan for the future...they live for the day...they are free...oh to be an animal....