Here he is. The love of my life.
My dog, Astro.
120 pounds of wuss.
Needy and neurotic and wonderful and the smartest dog I've ever known. I really love this dog.
He comes to work with me every day and gets a pig's ear as his work treat. He loves car rides more than anything....except food that is. He didn't get to be 120 pounds without working at it! He is so big he just "counter surfs" anything he wants in the kitchen. I've learned he just can't be trusted when it comes to things in the kitchen.
Several years ago I baked a cake for my son's birthday. A big yummy chocolate (of course it was chocolate!) sheet cake. I placed it on the kitchen counter and turned away from it long enough to dig in the kitchen junk drawer for the birthday candles. When I turned back around there was a big bald spot where moments before there had been rich chocolate icing.
A bald patch exactly the shape of a dog's tongue being quickly swiped across the corner of the cake. Astro was sitting there looking his most angelic...but the bit of icing on his nose spoiled the effect.
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