Reading Matter for Dogs

Girlsie here again. I've been reading (make that trying to read) Samuel Beckett's novel Molloy. Alas, I've only gotten to page 12, but now I'm seriously fired up. Beckett describes a man taking a walk with his dog, the little thing "stopping, turning in slow circles, giving up and then, a little further on, beginning all over again. "Constipation is a sign of good health in pomeranians."

Face it, this Beckett guy knows dogs. Put this one on your reading list, bow-wows, even though so far he's had only one paragraph break in all those twelve pages. Prop it up over your dog bowl! 

Girlsie here.  Thanks Chanel for clearing up a mystery ( Momsie used to wear your suits by the by).  If Momsie was 500+ it would explain a lot, like she forgot our names and our favorite food and stuff.  Tho it might have been that mean Mr. Marshall replacing our foie gras with Purina.  We know he took our favorite picture of Dogs Dancing off the wall. They say it was done by a Mr. Tiepolo and that he was an old master, (not as old as Momsie surely!) 

 

Anyway all that was before Mr. Marshall dognapped us to an undisclosed location.  We hear he may be going to one soon.  Boysie and I are taking bets.  

Care to wager?

How Old Are People in Dog Years?

Hi there dog bloggers,

I was innocently reading the National Inquirer the other day (I only read it for the clothes - which you can understand because my name's Chanel), and they were talking about moi. Quel surprise! Of course they were discussing my age - goats that they are. I just got the Guinness World Record as the oldest dog, 21 years old in people years. According to them, that makes me 120 years old in dog years. Where do they get these numbers? I was just reading preceding blog about Mrs. Astor - she was 105 in people years, making her, umm, tough figuring this now, but approximately 598.5 years old - doggywise, that is. No wonder she had trouble remembering stuff!

Realistically, why are dogs that much older than people? Time is relative, according to Einstein (and believe me, I've tried to read him) so, I mean, we don't smoke, we don't drink (most of us, anyway), and we're not mean to each other (except little moi to the unfortunate black lab up the street). No marital problems, we outsource our children - no headaches there. So I say if I'm 21 in people years, I'm actually about 2 in doggy years. Confused yet?

I sure am. Maybe it's my age.

Au revoir, Chanel