Sunday, 13 January 2013

Marley - Soppy Sloppy Doge de Bordeaux

Andy is my hard-working son-in-law, devoted husband to my daughter Clare.  Marley is one of the family pets. A six-year old Doge de Bordeaux with a lovely nature - who just loves to play, especially with Andy.

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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9 comments:

  1. the walking man14 January 2013 at 11:51

    One of my dogs is like Marley except she'd have that ring rope destroyed in under 30 minutes.

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  2. PhilipH14 January 2013 at 12:15

    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.

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  3. Cloudia14 January 2013 at 17:50

    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

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  4. The Bug14 January 2013 at 23:06

    My goodness - he makes me think of Fang from the Harry Potter books (not really, he's not quite THAT big - ha!).

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  5. Snowbrush17 January 2013 at 21:30

    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.

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  6. Snowbrush17 February 2013 at 20:16

    The accents are fun. I never hear them except on TV.

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  7. PhilipH17 February 2013 at 21:45

    Two nations divided by a common language and, it seems, by uncommon accents!
    Thanks Snowy, keeping well I hope.

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  8. Lorna11 March 2013 at 23:22

    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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  9. Snowbrush22 May 2014 at 04:53

    What! No cat?

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