Caught in the act...

Here is a Little Scene from Sardinia...

But, first...

The Dog loves his Sardinian apartment. It has a sunny sea-view balcony, all the better to sunbathe undisturbed and, more importantly, to control who is passing on the street below. Mostly, it's Sardinian geriatric folk with lounge-chairs on their way to the beach.

The Dog loves his Sardinian bed. He'd better. It cost a lot of money. It has 6 inches of tied wool- batting layered & hand-stitched & covered in a festive cotton multi-stripe mix, befitting a Sardinian vacation apartment.

The Dog also loves the cool Sardinian marble flooring, especially when the local thermometer climbs towards 90 degrees Fahrenheit... or there abouts.

However... The Dog HATES the Sardinian apartment building. Used to being the Top Dog in our palazzo in Genoa... he is The ONLY Dog in our palazzo in Genoa!!!... he is NOT in Sardinia. Nope. There are other dogs. Too many too. And, they all dare to bark at The Dog as he goes up & down the Sardinian stairs.

So... I caught The Dog sniffing at the door to another Sardinian apartment. There's Devil... pronounced Dvveeell by its owner, a formidable & commanding Sardinian woman we refer to as La Generalesca... on the other side. Stupid name. Stupid dog. This Sardinian animal pees against the inside of his apartment's door whenever The Dog is outside it... or, so explained La Generalesca. Then, the Stupid Dog barks & barks & barks & barks & barks, etc. at The Dog. What is he supposed to do but answer back in kind. By the way, The Dog has a beautiful Weimaraner baritone bark. He gets his point across... Ha! You stupid dog. I am going to the beach and you aren't. You Sardinian ninny!

Well... The Short-person DOES NOT abide by this sort of Canine Communication. And, he blames it ALL on The Dog!!! CAN YOU IMAGINE??? The Short-person grabs The Dog by his leash and summarily leads him inside our Sardinian apartment... adding his own verbal condemnations, such as... Cattivo! Cattivo! Cattivo! Poor Dog. Yet, if I comment... naturally, in a more favourable vein in order to protect My Dog from False Accusations... The Short-person turns & barks at me... Yew rrr spoillng yewr dohgg! Gads.