Believing In Dog

April, 1993

I'm thinking about getting myself an old guy. An old guy won't be so much trouble. He'll lie around on the couch, eat, fart, scratch, sleep. Young guys run around too much, need too much attention and are constantly picking fights.Plus, nobody wants old guys. People want puppies--cute little bits of fur that pee on your bed and eat your sofa. But well-mannered old guys, four or five or even 12 years old, guys who would never lift a leg in the house, guys who find shoe chewing boring and passé, a...