By Mary Jaksch
Bacchus: the water-shy dog
Have you ever had a pet that was special?
I’ve had pets all my life.They’ve been like family members.
It started with Sootie, a stray kitten I brought home when I was six years old. She gave birth to her first litter in my bed (with me beside her under the cover holding a torch.)
Later we had Nana, a Newfoundland dog weighing over a hundred pounds. One day I took her downtown to a bank where she slid and slipped on the polished floor. In protest, Nana lay down in the middle of the bank – and refused to get up.
In the end, I had to make an undignified exit, dragging this huge, black, flopped-on-the-ground dog behind me like a sack of coals … with customers... More...
