The cumulative effect of Christophe and Jimmy Fleshtone's posts was a tad unsettling, so here is a picture of me with my ear attuned to the literary pulse of America just to remind you all that this is a blog first and foremost about Sid the Dog. My literary tastes have been turning to the nonfiction sphere as of late. If the ageist automatons at Old Navy cared about the well-read, literary inclinations of we older dogs then they might have provided an opportunity to list our favorite authors on our contest entries. But no, we will have to wait for the Paris Hilton/Hilary Duff/Frankie Muniz of the dog world to win their competition and continue perpetuating America's obsession with youth. Anyway, back to my own literary faves...
I would like to urge everyone to read Temple Grandin's latest book Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior. While I would normally never advocate a book written by a human about us dogs, Temple Grandin is the coolest. Finally, someone with the reasons behind why collies have a vacant stare. The book doesn't quite explain my obsession with Corbin Bernsen, but I'm beginning to think that I might be the only one. The only one....
5 comments:
pssst...i don't usually trust naked apes when they write about us but i like that book too!
old dogs are cool but it's only a matter of time before they invent botox for dogs (would dogs ever be so dumb as to voluntarily inject toxin into their face?) i had a little nip and tuck once but the vet called it "fixing me." i dunno.
Yo Sid - its the old Miles in da HIIISSSSOOOOUUUUSSSEEEE! Yo, I just want to drop this crazy sh_t. Last night my pa sez to my ma some crap about me goin' to a creamatorium soon.
Yo Yo YO, that sh_t is WACK! It is like those bitches is on death watch fo yours truely. Hey man, I is almost 12 years young, I got epliepsy and I is BLACK! That means that sometimes I be walkin' slow when those crazy wack rents of mine takin' me on a death march when it is 90 degrees. I ain't dieing - I IS OLD M-er F-ers!
Chill out DUDES. I ain't dieing, I is just gettin' started! Now get me some barbs. . . oh yeah!
Mayo - OUT!
Wally- I just read an article recently about people who are taking their dogs to South America for botox to "repair" floppy ears and have their dog's boobs lifted after having litters (think it was in Seattle-area paper), although luckily it hasn't happened here much in the USA. But who knows, soon doggy day care could become synonymous with "Fifi has had a little work done..."
Mayo, you are my model for aging. Don't go quietly into that dark night!
i've also read suspicions that people have been having plastic surgery done on their show dogs to better "conform to the breed standard." i'm so glad i'm a mutt. i am my own standard. naked apes, can't live with 'em, can't open the fridge without 'em (though i'm trying to figure it out.)
I have long been against docking ears and tails. I understand that some breeds tails will split if not docked, but to make dobermans look more badass?!? Puuuulllleeeeassse!
I like the floppy ears, better to chew and slobber on. And long tails are sleek and sexy.
- Selma Sue
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