Now the Christmas Tree rush is over, I thought I'd share this funny little incident that occurred when we were erecting the last tree at a retirement home in Bournemouth.
Being a friendly sort of retirement home
they have a cat and a dog for the residents' pleasure. You would expect the dog to be a peaceable kind of animal under the circumstances, and this first photo seems to show we got off to a good start....
...but before long he wanted to start playing tug.With my hand.
Luckily as the owner of a Bulldog I am used to teeth marks on my hands...
...but the final straw was when he decided to steal one of Debra's gloves.
Debra is not only quite fond of her gloves, but she's also really not a dog person.
As any student of body language will be able to tell from this picture.
Odd isn't it? Every year we sit down before the busy Christmas Tree period and try and make contingencies for what might happen (rush of late orders/bad weather/etc.), but "spaniel stealing glove" didn't feature in that list.
