They say that one often chooses a dog that
resembles oneself, and of late, my dog and I are looking more like each other
than ever. She is no youngster, and walks like an old lady, no longer with a
spring in her step, but is playful and young at heart which we get a glimpse of now and then. Much like myself, she has difficulty in getting up and sitting back down.
We are both on pain killers for bone pain, and tire easily, often taking
afternoon naps together. As soon as she sees me go into the bedroom and get
ready for a nap, she gets into her bed and snuggles down to sleep.
Having a dog has been a great comfort to me, and
especially when I am alone in the house, she sticks faithfully by my side and
watches over me. If anyone should come to the door who is not family or a
friend, she goes into "protect mode" and woe betide the uninvited
visitor who dares to step over the threshold. I would fancy being in their
shoes!
I love chestnut stuffing and bought some chestnuts with the ridiculous notion that after boiling them I could actually remove their shells. As I struggled
with a small knife, my fingers unable to do what they once could, I actually
succeed in breaking the small bladed knife - the blade sheared clean off from the
handle, fortunately I didn't cut myself. Chestnuts are slippery little suckers and
extremely difficult to hold and even more difficult to cut open and remove the flesh
from within. As you can imagine, after many choice words, which I shall refrain
from repeating, and a lot of frustration, many of the chestnuts flew right out of
my grasp and landed on the floor, much to the delight of our dog, who I have
now discovered has a penchant for chestnuts. More alike we could not become, I just
hope I don’t begin to drool as she does. A Dogue de Bordeaux is renowned for their
endless strings of unappealing drool that often hang down from the loose folds
of skin around their muzzle. But we love her, drool and all!If you want a good laugh, and you're a dog lover, as I am, then take a look at this humorous clip of a dog driving acar.
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