Sunday, May 13, 2012

Dog Etiquette: Drool ... by gimleteye

Cassius does have flaws. (Cassius is a 90 lb. male Chesapeake Bay retriever.) One of them is an overactive salivary gland. Let's deal with the drool question head-on.

No one likes to be drooled upon. Cassius's flaw is connected to an exceptional sense of smell. Although he may not have seen one of my sons' friends for years -- if he smelled them as a puppy he never forgets. (It is possible Proust was reincarnated as my dog.)

The drool is mostly connected to the presence of food. It is worst in the car if I am sharing breakfast and he is perched behind over my right shoulder. I should wear a drool guard, or, he should wear a droop cup. I tell him: stop drooling, Cassius! Useless as trying to persuade a county commissioner to give more weight to an environmentalist than a rock miner eyeing new wetlands to dig.

With our dogs, we all have crosses to bear. Mine is drool. (Advice: don't wear black.) But after raising three children to grown men and fighting County Hall for decades you just pick yourself back up. And try not to slip.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

The big question here is who is the boss?

Better to deal with a dog than the county commission any day.