An Electrician in a Former Life?

Since Shiba Inus are of Japanese decent, some of our ideas on life and death are inspired by Japanese thought. In Japan, many people believe in reincarnation and that every living being will be born again until she or he has come to such a high ranking life that the soul is rewarded with joining Nirvana, the Buddhist paradise. In human thought, human Buddhist monks have the highest ranking life, thus a monk has the best chance of reaching Nirvana after death. In Shiba Inu thought, Shiba Inus have the highest ranking life.

One of the ideas of reincarnation is that personal treats that we express in our present life are reminders of previous lives. We have noticed that Calvin is very interested in examining and chewing on electrical devices. This has led him to destroy some things, the latest were the remote control to the digital-TV box and one of the telephones. We believe that if Calvin was a human in a former life, he must have been an electrician. This would be reflected in his interest in electrical devices in his present life.

The only thing we wish for is that Calvin would have remembered a little more of his skills as an electrician, so that he would not destroy so many things. On the other hand, the destruction of the remote control has made Paula think of upgrading to a newer and better box, and the telephone had a broken display anyway. Maybe there were some well conceived plans behind the destruction of these devices?