DOGS ARE FROM A DIFFERENT CULTURE...

On the Subject of Pets, Childhood and Otherwise....

Being now owned by three long-resident felines, I now regard my friends' canine creatures with intercultural interest, both near and far. There's no place like a dog park or a backyard potluck with the pups for a world of metaphors...

We've recently visited good friends who are served by an elderly, stately Golden Retriever, in one household; two synchronized, white female hyper Jack Russells in another. On the same trip, we found a dreamy, cozy, marvelous motel (off season) presided over by two ancient female Pugs who sun themselves as the shadows cross the palm trees.

Maybe a medium-sized dog would be great when we ever slow down...I recently met a wonderful tri-color Australian Shepherd who must have been the cutest fluffball.

But then I enjoy most things Australian. I spent a month there in '91 and loved every minute. After Bali, and before Japan.


C'mon now, somebody chime in, bark bark...