Oh, good. Asta from "The Thin Man" is also Mr. Smith in "The Awful Truth" and George in "Bringing Up Baby." Nasty little cur.
Today when Mia detoured from her regular walk and gallumphed toward me, I saw her before she shoved her snout in my leg so I didn't shriek as I did the other day. (RDC came running out to see what was up, and Drums was all apologetic.) But I have a very low startle threshold. I like that she heads for the house on her own.
But when she came along with her parents to our house after dinner out last Friday, we had no doggie treats for her and she was peckish. I have to add those to the grocery list.
After Mia washed my face and hugged me, she and her family went on their way, and a moment later another neighbor walked by with her dog. This dog found me very interesting, all Mia-scented, but this neighbor did not come with glad tidings. We have a very old neighbor whose dog died some years ago, and since then he is seldom seen outside. Today he came out in such a bad state that someone called paramedics for him. I don't do anything for him but shovel his walk and bake the occasional cookies, and I doubt my previous solution, of his getting another dog, will do him good any more.