Doggy Style
Heat's out at my house (they're in the process of fixing it, but I spent my deadline days in mini-Antarctica). Lucy's been wearing her sweatsuit or a little winter coat I bought her at Paris' Samaritaine department store to stay warm.
Of course, she never wears the hood; messes up her hair!
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That is one happy, contented-looking little dog. :)
Melissa G at December 17, 2008 6:27 AM
Aww, thanks -- I do my best.
Amy Alkon at December 17, 2008 6:46 AM
That would be the Dogess, right?
(i.e. the Godess' Dog)
BlogDog at December 17, 2008 6:59 AM
That's very funny. And yeah, that's pretty much it.
Amy Alkon at December 17, 2008 7:15 AM
She looks like she rules the roost, and knows it!
old rpm daddy at December 17, 2008 7:23 AM
Hey, Amy-- it only just now occurred to me to wonder-- how does Lucy travel on the plane? It seems so... incongruous!... to think of her in a kennel compartment.
Melissa G at December 17, 2008 8:23 AM
I would NEVER put her under the plane. She travels under my seat. It costs buttloads of money now, too, which I find kind of disgusting, since she's no more trouble than my wallet, and about the same size. After the plane takes off, I put her on my lap and put a shawl over her. She's trained to be perfectly behaved and she'll just lie there for the entire flight. I can also take her to restaurants and movies and nobody's the wiser. (She has hair, not fur, so she doesn't incite people's allergies.) Also, she's much better behaved than almost any child you'll ever see.
Amy Alkon at December 17, 2008 9:57 AM
Next obvious question:
...doesn't she have to go the bathroom at some point during a 7 hour flight?
Gretchen at December 17, 2008 9:59 AM
Amy Alkon
http://www.advicegoddess.com/archives/2008/12/17/doggy_style.html#comment-1614362">comment from GretchenIt's actually longer than seven hours from California, especially on United. And, knowing that Lucy would be an international glamour queen, I trained her to go in a litter box. In the absence of her usual toilette, she uses a tupperwear container (which, by the way, she finds humilating to go in -- but going to Paris to smell all that delicious food cooking and all that French dog pee seems to be worth it to her).
Amy Alkon
at December 17, 2008 10:07 AM
wait - I thought you were in LA? The home of perpetual warmth?
Global Warming isn't working out, is it?
brian at December 17, 2008 11:37 AM
What breed of dog is Lucy? (I'm clueless about those things.) Do her ears naturally look like pony tails?!
Monica at December 17, 2008 12:03 PM
When I saw the photo the first time, I checked the web address twice. I thought I was looking at the front page of Cute Overload. She is really looking like the perfect lapdog.
Toubrouk at December 17, 2008 12:13 PM
Kinda funny how people with no kids and who don't like them, just turn their pets into them. I know, dogs are less work, you're a responsible pet owner, etc etc. It's still something to mother.
momof3 at December 17, 2008 12:33 PM
Amy Alkon
http://www.advicegoddess.com/archives/2008/12/17/doggy_style.html#comment-1614415">comment from MonicaLucy's a Yorkie, but I created a cut for her that makes her look kind of unique. She has cute bone structure, so I cut her close on the body and face. Or rather, the groomer does. And then, there was what I call the Bank of America Identity Theft Hair Cut. When I went through the debacle that is identity theft, and then got really late on my book in the wake of it, thanks to the spectacularly negligent creeps at BofA, Lucy went months without going to the groomer. She also, oddly for such a girly little dog, runs around out in the bushes when they're wet. So, she got matted and they had to cut her hair really close -- and surprise, surprise, it looks adorable. She has really long little legs and looks kind of like Bambi as a dog. I have to learn how to trim her evenly myself. If anybody has any tips on how to do that...I can do around her face and eyes easily but I need to know how to do the body.
And really, about Lucy, she's getting on in years...she's 9 now...but she is the greatest little dog and I've been so lucky to have her. Nothing like having a little dog on your lap when you're having a hard writing jag. P.S. She pretty much owns Gregg. He's powerless before her and she literally walks all over him when he's on the couch and used to do the same to Marlon Brando, who was a friend of mine, and was charmed by her, too. (Marlon had a mastiff whose head was bigger times two and then some than Lucy.)
Amy Alkon
at December 17, 2008 12:46 PM
YAY, AMY!!!! I have never traveled with a pet before, and I didn't know there was the option of keeping her in the seat with you. That is GREAT!
She is precious! She is making me want a dog!!!
Melissa G at December 17, 2008 12:50 PM
Amy Alkon
http://www.advicegoddess.com/archives/2008/12/17/doggy_style.html#comment-1614418">comment from momof3Kinda funny how people with no kids and who don't like them, just turn their pets into them. I know, dogs are less work, you're a responsible pet owner, etc etc. It's still something to mother.
If only you could give your kid a little pet on the head and leave it a sweater to sleep on and dash out the door. Also, Lucy did cost me a few shekels early on when she needed (grrr...a PET scan) and later for eye issues, but she never asks to borrow the car and seems utterly uninterested in going to college and grad school.
Amy Alkon
at December 17, 2008 12:53 PM
And you never have to say to a dog, "Hey, when are you gonna go out and get a job?"
old rpm daddy at December 17, 2008 1:32 PM
No, but your dog could have a series of panic attacks and keep you from sleeping because she's afraid of the living room.
brian at December 17, 2008 5:14 PM
Oh my gosh, adorable! I love your unapologetic picture of your little dog in a hip sweater. And purple is even 'in' this season!
I am not ready for kids, but I'm ready for my cats and dog. When they get sick, I don't have to go to a clinic full of sick and crying children. I get to go the vet and see everyone else's adorable pets! Not that my pets ever get sick, we only go to the vet for annual shots. I much prefer scooping some poop off of the grass to diapers. Kids get lice. My pets don't get bugs because there are fantastic gels that are applied to the skin once a month.
Momof3, it's really not strange at all that people who don't want kids are great nurturers to their pets.
Jessica G at December 17, 2008 11:59 PM
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