GHT wrote: ↑Sat Dec 21, 2019 6:54 pm
...Have you seen our heir to the throne's Christmas Card?
No, but I'm thinking that you must be close to seeing his mother's telegram!
GHT wrote:I recognise the top one, it's a Dalmatian, right?
Er no, Morris Oxfords are slightly taller than a seated Dalmatian, "Bitch" - as that much missed, soppy great lump from the canine branch of the family was imaginatively named back in the day - was a Great Dane and when she wasn't sitting for hours trying to challenge the Oxford to a staring competition, she was my constant companion during the eighties. I didn't ask her to join me in the car, but as she was a good six feet tall when standing on her hind legs (with her front ones on my shoulders), I wasn't about to argue with her.
She lived a long life by Great Dane standards, managing some eleven years
![Shocked :shock:](./images/smilies/icon_eek.gif)
before she eventually succumbed to the breed's known tendency to heart failure (as few as six or seven years of life is more usual
![Crying or Very Sad :cry:](./images/smilies/icon_cry.gif)
). She was scared of smaller dogs as they tended to shelter under her when out for a run on the beach but she never showed aggression toward anything or anyone. It didn't half hurt when she stood on my toes though.
![Embarrassed :oops:](./images/smilies/icon_redface.gif)