ABC Wednesday - D is for Dog

I deliberated for some time over what to do for D this week. In the end I decided to do D for dog.

The dog pictured above, almost hiding in the grass, was discovered by us recently at Stapeley Water Gardens.

The first dog I fell in love with was Mandy, a black poodle who belonged to my sister-in-law Daisy. I used to take her for long walks. At home we had a budgerigar and my mother wouldn't let us have a dog.

Eventually I met and married Christine. At the time of our engagement, her mother's dog Ellie, a Jack Russel terrier, was pregnant. She produced a litter of six but only three survived. I chose my favourite pup, a little blob of brown which tried to bury itself in my waistcoat. I christened him Digger.

The other two pups were found homes and Digger stayed with my mother-in-law until after our honeymoon. One day I may dig out and scan some photographs of Digger and do a post about him.

I wrote all about our last real dog in June on Penny (Midnight Melody).

Now the only dogs we keep are a black mastiff who looks out of the living room window at the world, and a dalmation that sits by the side of the television. Neither of these need any more looking after than the one at Stapeley Water Park.

I mustn't forget though, Tuppence, my faithful whippet who hates squirrels and occupies his virtual life on Facebook.

There are now two ABC Wednesday blogs:

• ABC Wednesday with Mister Linky blog:
  http://abcwednesdayround3.blogspot.com/ which carries a Mister Linky registry of participants.


• ABC Wednesday no comment blog: http://wednesdayabc.blogspot.com/ to which some contributing blogs post a copy or summary of their ABC posts.

The first is open to all ABC bloggers, while the second requires bloggers to first contact Denise or myself for an invitation.