Why animals are better than people.

My dog, Buddha, has a friend. His friend is a Schnauzer named Teddy. Teddy lives on a farm. This farm has lots of open space and there are chickens running around. My other dog, Ellie, isn't too fond of other dogs but she tolerates them for the most part and she loves running around as well.

Yesterday I took Ellie and Buddha to visit Teddy on the farm. Teddy's Mummy and Daddy are going away soon so they had their grumpy-bum house sitter there. He's an old grump who likes dogs that sit quiet and never bark, growl, or grizzle. So really he likes dogs that are more like broken in horses than actual dogs.
Anyway, Buddha remembered the grump from last year when we went to check on Teddy and discovered the poor puppy tied to the tractor (for barking) and being yelled at to shut up.

-- Congratulations!!! You are trying to stop a dog barking by essentially barking back at him. --

Thanks to where we had parked and the fact we left our dogs in the car, right in between Teddy and the grump, Buddha & Ellie no doubt thought they were being yelled at.
So on yesterday's visit upon seeing the grump Buddha immediately started to growl. "I remember you, fucker." would be the English translation. Ellie and Buddha jumped out of the car, Buddha grizzled a bit more at the grump before greeting a happily yapping Teddy with the customary sniff sniff and whatnot. We had to wait about half an hour for Teddy's Mummy to arrive home from shopping.
Of course, when Teddy decided it was necessary to bark to sound the alert to us all that he could hear his Mummy coming home in the distance (still miles away) the grump took it upon himself to grab poor Teddy by the collar & drag him inside to isolation for punishment, or more accurately, pointless confusion. Buddha took exception to this.
The grump grabbed Teddy by the collar and dragged him inside with Buddha not three steps behind. "Hold on a minute Fucker, just what do you think you're doing dragging my friend away from the watchful eyes of witnesses?" Satisfied that he had foiled any attempts of assault Buddha came back outside but only when he was sure the grump was coming out too and that Teddy was safe.
Once she had arrived home Teddy was allowed out to greet his Mum with much louder than usual barking too rub it into the grump that "I can bark and you can't stop me!"
Later in the day when we, dogs and all, were inside for coffee, the grump walked passed the door to the disapproving growls of Buddha. The second time he walked past both Buddha and Ellie growled at him. The third time he came to the door and the dogs growled he looked down at Buddha and said "Ya wanna get smacked in the head?" that was the straw that did it.
Woof Woof Grr Grr Woof Grizzle Grr!!!

The moral of the story?
Dogs will defend their friends and dogs will hold a grudge, but unlike humans they won't hide it or sugar coat it, and they will remind you of it at each opportunity even when the one they defend is ready to forgive and forget.

How is this different from people?
Some people simply don't get along. If a dog and a person don't get along it is because the person is at fault.