Greatest American Dog

We're watching Greatest American Dog, which apparently is one of my husband's favorite shows. Don't tell him that I've let out his little secret. He'd probably be embarassed. Heck, while we're at it, I'll clue you in that another favorite show of his is Wipe Out, but more on that later. Greatest American Dog is one of those reality shows. They bill it as "where proud pet owners live together and compete in a variety of challenges". The winning team takes home a quarter mil, so that's a huge incentive.

We're down to Laurie and Andrew, Travis and Presley and J.D. and Galaxy. You'd think I actually watched this show, wouldn't you? We were routing for the border collie, but we really didn't like his owner. And I'm using the term "we" loosely here, ok? Now that it's down to these last three, I could care less who wins. But, if I was forced to choose, though, I'd go for Travis and Presley. Although he's just a young dog, Presley the Boxer simply shines. Andrew the Maltese seems to go haywire when his owner isn't around and the dependency he has on her is just plain weird.

Uh-oh. There goes J.D. and Galaxy. They've just been eliminated. Oh, the humanity!

Ok. Enough of the dog show! It's just something silly to watch.

Besides, I have my own dog show. George is bouncing around the living room chewing on his green froggie, chasing toys and now he's licking old boot. He loves old boot, which is one of my husband's cast offs, full of barn and horse smells and oh my, it's so yummy when he brings it to me and drops it on my Ethan Allen couch. Yuk! it weighs a ton, too.

And now for your reading pleasure, I'd leave you with some dog quotes.

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"Dogs are our link to paradise. They don't know evil or jealousy or discontent. To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring--it was peace." - Milan Kundera

"If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater. . . suggest that he wear a tail." - Fran Lebowitz

"What kind of life a dog . . . acquires. I have sometimes tried to imagine by kneeling or lying full length on the ground and looking up. The world then becomes strangely incomplete; one sees little but legs." - E V Lucas

"To err is human, to forgive, canine." - Unknown

"You can say any fool thing to a dog, and the dog will give you this look that says, `My God, you're RIGHT! I NEVER would've thought of that!'" - Dave Barry

And finally . . .

"I hope if dogs ever take over the world, and they chose a king, they don't just go by size, because I bet there are some Chihuahuas with some good ideas." - "DEEP THOUGHTS" by Jack Handy

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Until tomorrow, my friends.