I love this sloppy-chops dog. He is so joyously welcoming. Each time I approach the large gate he stands upright, front paws on the top of the gate, wagging his tail so hard I fear it might fly off!
As I enter the gate he shoots away to bring his 'tug-o-war' rope loop with fixed ball. He so enjoys this game where I try to wrench this plaything from his iron-grip jaws. I think he would play this simple game for as long as I could muster the strength - and I'd never win.
My daughter has other pets: a chameleon; a bearded dragon lizard; a fair-sized snake; a chinchilla; a tankfull of colourful fishes and a goodly supply of live locusts (to feed the lizards).
The two children also have their own lizard pets.
I never know what new exotic creature might suddenly appear in this menagerie, but NOTHING would surprise me now.
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One of my dogs is like Marley except she'd have that ring rope destroyed in under 30 minutes.
Hey Mark! Wouldn't it be fun to set up a REAL big-dog tug-o-war, Marley vs your Lady? Uhh, maybe not - in case Marley (being the perfect gentledog) would let Lady win ... for purely sporting reasons of course ... hmm, hmm.
You live in a suburb of heaven. Thanks for letting us inside for a restorative moment. And thanks so for gracing my comments forum.
Aloha
My goodness - he makes me think of Fang from the Harry Potter books (not really, he's not quite THAT big - ha!).
She has everything but a cat, eh? Nope, no bird, I see, so she has everything but a cat and a bird. I loved the accents.
The accents are fun. I never hear them except on TV.
Two nations divided by a common language and, it seems, by uncommon accents!
Thanks Snowy, keeping well I hope.
Marley reminds me of my labrador retriever, Cheyenne, who drew her last breath in October of 2012. Thank you for reminding me of the fun and incredible graciousness of a dog. I actually can't quite trust a person who has an aversion to dogs (who weren't bitten or attacked by one in the past, of course).
~Lorna
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What! No cat?
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