Recently a friend gave Herbert a book
called Liebe Hunde, which translates as Dear Dogs, but which should
really be called Hilariously Funny Dogs though I suppose that doesn´t
exactly roll off the tongue. Unsurprisingly, there are several boxers
in it as in my opinion the boxer is the king, or in Dora´s case the
queen, of canine lunacy. Having watched Dora´s various antics over
the years I´d imagined that she´d thought up just about every kind
of silliness with which to entertain us...until I
opened the above mentioned book and discovered that there was one
trick that Dora hadn´t – yet (give her time!) - mastered, namely
standing unsupported on her hind legs looking ridiculous. I couldn´t
help wondering what Dora would think if she could see these clowns.
(The little fellow with the enormous mouth and the ill-fitting turtle
neck sweater isn´t a boxer but I couldn´t resist adding his
opinion.)
As far as
one-upmanship´s concerned I think it´s fair to say that Dora wins
paws down.
By the
way, no dogs were harmed with nicotine poisoning in the creation of this page. Dora´s
impression of the famous cigar-smoking Sir Winston Churchill entails
the use of a chewed up stick. Also, though it may look as if she´s
devouring a black cat from the tail up, she really is
knitting. She just hasn´t decided what it´s going to be yet....
