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Date: 20 September 2007 02:00:53
If I were to take Pooka for a walk now, I would be establishing myself as a hard-core dog owner. I would also then be able to write about other hard-core dog owners who take their dogs for walks in the rain.
But I'll get wet! And Pooka will get wet! I'm sure she won't mind that. But I will because she'll get all stinky!
Perhaps I will wait a few hours...
Another dilemma as been brought to my attention. What about people who don't like dogs but think they'd like Pooka? I think that's entirely reasonable. There are many dogs I don't like. For example the one that has been barking for the last half an hour (Pooka is not dignifying it with a reply). There are many aspects of dogs that people don't like:
* crotch-sniffing
* barking incessantly
* dumping on nature strips
* shedding fur everywhere
* slobbering
* biting
* growling
Pooka has been known to dump on nature strips, but only under my supervision. And I then collect her donation in a blue biodegradable purpose-designed bag. There are no smears remaining because the food we give her results in poos with a firm consistency AND low odour. She doesn't sniff crotches of people, or bark incessantly, or shed much. She licks people she likes, but with excellent saliva control (no towels necessary), and doesn't bite or growl at people. At the moment she does sometimes accidentally play with me with her mouth wide open and teeth exposed... but I'm working on that one. Have to teach her that human skin isn't as tooth-resistant as dog skin.