Ignore this picture

by Gareth on February 3, 2005

I’ve been working on my chapter about dogs. In browsing the web for pictures of truffle dogs, and especially the Italian breed called lagotto romagnolo, I came across this site. Grist to the mill: they look like a sort of poodle crossed with terrier. Not as charming as the incredibly charming Peg, but they won’t chase rabbits. An advantage when rabbits are everywhere.

Peg’s two next month, and I know that some time in the next few years we’ll have to start training her successor. Would a lagotto be good? I had dismissed the idea as being too convoluted and expensive when I clicked on this:

I daren’t let my daughter see this, or expensive dogs will be flying round the world.

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