Pressing on doggedly

Max is back! – so off we two went yet again this afternoon to the local dog park. Today the dog fraternity greeted us in a very friendly fashion and complimented Max on his ball marking prowess.  (Being a house-dog and coming from Victoria with a footy-loving Dad, he’s had the advantage of seeing a lot of  AFL matches on the telly.)

But even with my borrowed dog in tow, I still feel a bit like the singleton El of Elsewhere on outings with her childed friends. To start with, I never know quite where to look when all the animals go through their revolting sniffing routine.  And I’m not sure of the protocol when my dog keeps nicking another one’s expensive toy.

Dog-owners’ talk is mostly ultra boring – consisting mainly of comparisons of their dogs’ habits, punctuated throughout with lots of asides to their animals – stern commands and reprimands followed by liberal amounts of praise.   But today the conversation got off dogs for a bit and turned to the poor quality of the new enviro-friendly plastic carry bags being used by the local supermarket.  Not only are they hopeless for carrying a couple of heavy cans of pet food, but pretty well useless to use again for picking up doggy-do!

On the way home, as I pondered the liquid bowel movement Max was depositing beside the road, I could only agree.

Comments

[Tjilpi]

I'm with you Jude. I haven't seen a single whale wth a plastic bag blocking it trachea here in Central Australia. I too use them when I have to dispose of "smelly" things.

[Tabor]

I am not sure about the plastic bag discussion. They are linked to turtle problems when some turtles think they are jellyfish. But thye do sell bags for dog doo here in the states...!

[Sonia]

I will love to see Max's photo!

Have a good weekend!