Barb why don’t you get an Italian greyhound?

I love the way they lean against you
with total love and adoration.

And I love those daft dogs
that kind of bounce with floppy ears.

And little dogs that sit in your arms
and tremble a lot.

I love love love those.
But then again – tigers.



Taken from Seven Silly Questions ... for Barb Jungr, 11th May 2011. Submitted by Andrew Bailey

We wanted to let you know

The dog Billy died
on a rainy cold evening.
He had stopped eating
and exploratory surgery
found a long cancer.
He fitted right in with us,
his stoic cautious cooperative self.
He was with us for 5 years, perhaps half his life.
It feels very empty here today.
We lit a candle and played the Requiem
by Mozart.



An email from a friend, around 5 years ago, on the death of their dog. Submitted by Karen Greenbaum-Maya.

He loves me?

BOY:
That’s what I’ll do!
This’ll really cheer you up!
I’ll clip a clothes peg
to your tail!
And put rubber bands
around your ears!

DOG (looking up with sad eyes):
I’d rather be hurt
by you than loved
by anyone else.



A blog post on Faith and Theology, 4th September 2011. Submitted by Marika Rose.

Sharkbite

It's got a big yellow dog,
sharks, a dead dugong,
attracted millions of viewers
on YouTube and you couldn't
make it up.



From the Reuters story about a recent viral YouTube clip, Dog Bites Shark. Submitted by Christian.

Oak Beach

The black police dog winced
as its paws touched the thorns
on the bushes by the side
of a remote beachside highway.

A little reluctantly, the cadaver dog
followed its police handler into
the Long Island brush, looking
for yet more human remains.

We always say 'another day in paradise'.
The wind whistled through the reeds
and the brush crackled
as the cadaver dog carried on sniffing.



Selected text from a BBC news article about bodies found on Long Island, 7 April 2011. Submitted by Gabriel Smy.

Dog Injures Nose

POLICE in Ringwood
are investigating
the circumstances surrounding
an injury to a dog’s nose.

A woman was walking
her dog and puppy,
when her puppy ran off.

Her dog ran after
the puppy but collided
with a male dog walker
and his dog.

The woman's dog
received an injury
to his nose.



From the Salisbury Journal, 24th April 2010. Submitted by Gabriel Smy.

Tunnel of Love

Undoubtably one of the highlights of
the day – and a first for the show – was the
successful world record breaking attempt
by Alnwick-based North Northumberland Dog

Training Club. With the help of one thousand
pairs of legs the club comfortably smashed the
existing record for a dog running
through a tunnel of legs. As one thousand

volunteers stood patiently in the main
arena with their legs akimbo,
Staffordshire Bull terrier cross, Elsa,
and Border Collie, Shadow, broke the world

record with ease.



From the Hexham Courant, Friday 29 May, 'Record Breaking County Show draws 27,000 Crowd'. Submitted by Gabriel Smy.