Tuesday 25 January 2011

OWNING A DOG

I've owned dogs almost all my life, whenever it was possible to do so. I like them. Owning a dog is fun, it's companionable, and it makes you get out and walk even when the rain is pouring down. You become quite a connoisseur of weather and its variations because you are out in it every day.
You meet other dog-owners; this can be good, meaning you make new acquaintance; and can be not good as in you discover the true depths of British sentimentality over your little pooch (all pooches, large and small).It has no limits; it even considers you to be the dog's "MUM".
I just want to make it absolutely clear that in all my life I have NEVER, NEVER given birth to a dog...