I'm newly dedicated (May 5th) but I have been reading JoS as well as the sister sites for at least two years. I wanted to be certain that this was the path for me.What I am wondering is if it possible that the dog I got at around the time I began to study could be my familiar.
A little background on him: He was born at the foot of my bed, actually hand delivered by me. Had been stuck in the birth canal for 30 minutes so I was suprised he lived. Out of the three puppies born he was the only one to connect with me so basically i let him choose to keep me instead of the other way around when it was time to give away the other puppies. He has never had any training but is as well behaved as a dog that has been to training classes to the point I can leave a plate of food sitting beside him and walk away and he won't touch it. If I say leave it he will walk away from anything he is interested in. He is well behaved with people with the exception of if they are trying to enter my private space which is my bedroom then he will bite, but never hard enough to even bruise. The last thing is he almost never likes to leave my side but it isn't in an annoying pay attention to me way, for instance when I sit to meditate he will lay at my thigh and become very still and won't move until I am finished. I consider him to be a gift from Father Satan either way, but haven't found enough information on familiars to decide. Any insight from those farther along the path would be greatly appreciated.
A little background on him: He was born at the foot of my bed, actually hand delivered by me. Had been stuck in the birth canal for 30 minutes so I was suprised he lived. Out of the three puppies born he was the only one to connect with me so basically i let him choose to keep me instead of the other way around when it was time to give away the other puppies. He has never had any training but is as well behaved as a dog that has been to training classes to the point I can leave a plate of food sitting beside him and walk away and he won't touch it. If I say leave it he will walk away from anything he is interested in. He is well behaved with people with the exception of if they are trying to enter my private space which is my bedroom then he will bite, but never hard enough to even bruise. The last thing is he almost never likes to leave my side but it isn't in an annoying pay attention to me way, for instance when I sit to meditate he will lay at my thigh and become very still and won't move until I am finished. I consider him to be a gift from Father Satan either way, but haven't found enough information on familiars to decide. Any insight from those farther along the path would be greatly appreciated.