Dust Bunnies, Tumbleweeds, and Vacuums
Very funny first person article by Michelle Slatalla in today’s New York Times on shedding pets, fur tumbleweeds, vacuums, and The Internet. The opening paragraphs are a hoot:
I ARRIVED home, opened the front door and stepped into what looked like the set of a movie being shot on location in the Old West.
Huge tumbleweeds of dog fur rolled across the floor. Every step I took created a dust storm. Searching for the source, I made out the faint outlines of furniture — yes, that was the piano in the distance — and a snoring lump of something brown and molting, sprawled in a warm spot under the window.
My dog Otto napped peacefully, unaware that he was casting off so many fistfuls of fur that he looked like a plush toy whose stuffing was leaking.
Tyge wants to remind our readership that Bouviers don’t shed and that is yet another indication of the overall Bouvier superiority. I’m sure the Westminster Herding Group Judge factored in the non-shedding when he put Indy the Bouvier up as the best of the herding dogs.
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