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Archive for the ‘Well-Mannered Dog?’ Category

My daughter Hannah insists that I write about Jedi, our super-sized golden retriever. Many people treat dogs as people. We treat our dog as a dog. I think he’s all the happier for it. He wouldn’t like to wear shoes and a button down collar to ride to church on Sundays, and I really think a tie would dip into his water bowl. Not to mention having meaningful conversation with the other members of the family over dinner isn’t very pleasant when you only understand every tenth word. “Blah blah blah EAT blah blah blah blah SIT blah DOWN blah blah blah.” Read the rest of this entry »