Happy, shiny Zamboni
Thursday afternoon I was sitting on the shore of the Hudson River reading Marley & Me, a book about a writer and his dog.
I had gotten to page 249 and stopped to write the author for dispensation from reading the last 50 pages ... but there I was sitting by the river on a beautiful spring day reading along, stopping, reading.
You know what comes at the end of a dog book. I kept trying to put it off.
A woman's voice called out, "That's a great book."
I looked up and there at her feet was a happy shiny chocolate Labrador retriever whose name was Duncan.
We talked about her 65-pound six-month old pup and his diet. She handed him a stray plastic fork and showed me how he would drop it on command.
I petted Duncan and he didn't jump and fein explosion like most Labs would.
A golden retriever came along and frolicked with Duncan. They found something on the sidewalk.
It was a duck head apparently left behind by a hawk. Someone tossed the beak into the river and both dogs stood at the rail trying to figure a way to bring it back.
The dogs and their owners left. I read a little more in the book and then left some for the ride home.
Zamboni's PagesI had gotten to page 249 and stopped to write the author for dispensation from reading the last 50 pages ... but there I was sitting by the river on a beautiful spring day reading along, stopping, reading.
You know what comes at the end of a dog book. I kept trying to put it off.
A woman's voice called out, "That's a great book."
I looked up and there at her feet was a happy shiny chocolate Labrador retriever whose name was Duncan.
We talked about her 65-pound six-month old pup and his diet. She handed him a stray plastic fork and showed me how he would drop it on command.
I petted Duncan and he didn't jump and fein explosion like most Labs would.
A golden retriever came along and frolicked with Duncan. They found something on the sidewalk.
It was a duck head apparently left behind by a hawk. Someone tossed the beak into the river and both dogs stood at the rail trying to figure a way to bring it back.
The dogs and their owners left. I read a little more in the book and then left some for the ride home.
Zamboni and former cushionDog Books:
Marley & Me life and love with the world's worst dog - John Grogan
Katz on Dogs : A Commonsense Guide to Training and Living with
Dogs - Jon Katz
The New Work of Dogs: Tending to Life, Love, and Family - Jon Katz
Running to the Mountain, A Midlife Adventure - Jon Katz
A Dog Year - Twelve Months, Four Dogs and Me - Jon Katz
Pack of Two - Carolyn Knapp
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