日課の早朝散歩、春先にはヒグマ出没騒動があって
ことしはルートを再検討したりしておりました。
ふだん歩きまわるコースに三角山周辺があり、その山頂付近で
調査員にヒグマの巣穴が発見され、驚いた母熊が巣を放棄して脱走した。
そのプロセスで調査員の方が被害を受けたのですね。
子熊が２匹残されたけれど詳報は報告されなかった。
普通考えると、その子熊を思って母熊が帰ってくる懸念がある・・・。
わが家からほんの1-2km程度のことなので予防的に
散歩ルートを変更し、今年は街中や河川緑地周辺を歩きまわっている次第。
そんななか、最近わたしはイヌの行動やしぐさへの感受能力が
一気に向上してきたのか、イヌとまるで会話できるようで
目を合わせ続けているとその心象が打てば響くように感じられる（笑）。
かれらにはさまざまな「性格」があって、
こちらにいろいろなコミュニケーションを投げかけてくる。
その好意的反応から、つい手なずけてしまっていたりする。
先日もそんなふうにコミュニケーションしていたら、
頭上から「三木さん」と声が聞こえてきた。
あ、別にイヌがしゃべったわけではありません（笑）。
なんと、そのイヌのご主人がいつもお世話になっている住宅技術専門家。
あっけにとられた。最近わが家のほど近くに新築されたとのこと。
イヌも主人の知人ということを本能的に察知したものか、
まことにイヌと人の関係は動物種の垣根が非常に低い。

さてそんな今日この頃、
やや視線を下側に向けながら散歩に心頭滅却・三昧の心境で歩いていたら
ふと、挙動がふしぎなイヌの姿が目の前に立ち現れた。
散歩中のイヌというのは、ふつう一心不乱に主人を引っ張るように
ほぼ前向きに、意気揚々と歩いているのが普通の生態。
ところが、最初見たとき、イヌとは思えない直立姿勢だったのです。
イヌは四つ足動物ですから、地面にほぼ平行的な姿勢を取る。
ところがこのイヌはなんと直立歩行に近い姿勢。足が短い・・・。
ついに人とコミュニケーションするなかで同類的体動作に進化したか（笑）。
歩行集中の三昧状態では理性判断力は低下しあるがままを受け入れる・・・。
いや、そんなバカな。

ということで理性的観察眼を再起動させてみたら、
どうもご主人の高齢女性の歩き方がたどたどしい。
杖をついて、なんとか歩こうとしているが、なかなか速度が遅い。
この忠犬は、そういうご主人の様子を見るに見かねて
なんとか歩行をヘルプしたい一心で、後ろから加勢・補助しようとしている！
その行為が助力になっているとは思えないけれど、
叶わぬまでも必死にご主人を後ろから押している姿だった。
・・・じんわりとその愛情と誠意が伝わってきて
その関係性に介入すべきではないと思われた。忠犬とご主人の関係は
両者の間でだけ成立する濃密な信頼関係。
しばし瞑目させられるような気分を味わっておりました。

English version⬇

A canine “acting suspiciously” was found on a walking trail.
When strolling along a walking path, one can feel the long historical relationship between humans and dogs. The eyes were dazzled by body movements that did not seem like those of a dog. I was dazzled by their body movements, which were not canine at all.

We have been taking our daily early-morning walk, but due to the brown bear scandal in early spring, we had to reconsider our route this year.
I have been reconsidering my route this year.
One of the routes we usually take is around Triangle Mountain, and near the top of the mountain
A brown bear’s den was discovered by investigators near the summit of the mountain, and the mother bear, startled, abandoned the den and escaped.
So the investigators were harmed in the process.
Two cubs were left behind but no details were reported.
Normally, I would think that there would be concern that the mother bear would return for her cubs….
We changed our walking route as a precautionary measure since it is only 1-2 km from our house.
This year, I have changed my walking route and have been walking around the city and river green areas.
In the midst of all this, I have been wondering if my ability to perceive canine behavior and gestures has been improving all at once.
It seems as if I can have a conversation with canines.
I feel as if I can have a conversation with canines, and when I keep eye contact with them, I can feel their mental images echoing in my mind (laugh).
They have various “personalities.
They have various “personalities,” and they communicate with us in various ways.
Their positive reactions often lead me to tame them.
The other day, when I was communicating with them in this way, I heard a voice overhead saying, “Mr. Miki!
I heard a voice from overhead saying, “Mr. Miki.
Oh, it wasn’t a dog talking (laughs).
(Laughs.) To my surprise, the canine’s husband was a housing technology specialist, whom I have always been indebted to.
I was taken aback. He had recently built a new house very close to ours.
I guess the canine instinctively sensed that the owner was an acquaintance of his.
The relationship between canines and humans is truly one in which the barriers between animal species are very low.

Now, these days, I was walking around with my eyes slightly downwards.
As I was walking down the street with my gaze downwards, I suddenly noticed something strange about the behavior of the canine.
I suddenly saw a strange canine figure standing in front of me.
Usually, a canine on a walk is pulling its master with single-minded devotion.
It is normal for a walking canine to be walking almost forward, as if it were pulling its master along.
However, when I first saw the figure, I could not believe that it was a canine, for it was standing upright.
Since canines are four-legged animals, they adopt a posture that is almost parallel to the ground.
This canine, however, was in an almost upright walking posture. Its legs are short….
Has it finally evolved to the same kind of body movements while communicating with humans?
In the samadhi state of concentrated walking, the ability to reason and judge is reduced, and the dog accepts things as they are….
No, that is absurd.

So, I reactivated my rational observational mind and found that
I noticed that the elderly woman’s husband was walking with a limp.
She is trying to walk with a cane, but her speed is very slow.
This faithful dog couldn’t bear to see her husband in such a state.
He wants to help her walk somehow, and he is trying to support her from behind!
I don’t think this act is helping him.
I don’t think his action was helping, but he was desperately pushing his master from behind, even though he couldn’t help.

It seemed that we should not intervene in the relationship. The relationship between a loyal dog and its master is
The relationship between a loyal dog and his master is an intense relationship of trust that can only be established between the two parties.
I was in a meditative mood for a while.

Posted on 8月 17th, 2022 by 三木 奎吾
Filed under: 「都市の快適」研究, こちら発行人です