Jack : July 2008 Archives
"While Tom Cruise may well object to the psychotropic juicing of family pets, I contend that, like Brooke Shields, there was no choice.
"I realized this a year ago on the Fourth of July when Jack chewed his way through a pair of French doors. We were gone for an hour but a nearby artillery-barrage-like fireworks display started early and Jack went like Mel Gibson in 'Patriot.'"
To read Daily Breeze columnist John Bogert's entire July 7, 2005, piece about surviving the Fourth with his dog, Jack, see the jump. (Jack, by the way, is a German shorthaired pointer and looks nothing like the dogs pictured here. I tried to get a picture of the real Jack, but the only one John had was on his cell phone, apparently non-transferrable to this blog.)
About the Bloggers
Daily Breeze reporter Donna Littlejohn has shared her homes with a succession of wonderful, funny, and occasionally difficult canines -- Muffin, Fritz, Ellie, Mercy, Pilgrim and now Cowboy, an Australian shepherd-border collie, and Tess, a border collie. From strong-willed terriers to weirdly obsessed Australian shepherds, they've invaded her world with boundless energy, wet noses, muddy paws and soggy tennis balls. But they've really brought so much more than that -- like laughter and joy, some unexpected life lessons, and more than a few tears along the way.
E-mail Donna at donna.littlejohn@dailybreeze.com.
Josh Grossberg grew up with the usual array of animals: goldfish, dogs, hamsters, parakeets and turtles. He now owns the loudest dog in the South Bay(Video: Rocket the Dog) and is the least popular person on his block. He spends his free time in dog parks, pet shops and always has an extra plastic bag in his pocket just in case. He also has a cat.
E-mail Josh at josh.grossberg@dailybreeze.com.