“Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: (WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE I AM GOING TO?)

WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE I AM GOING TO?

I am not going to say master or mistress as such words suggest a West Highland Terrier is under the control of a human. Quite frankly it just may be the other way around! Just because Westies are featured in many advertisements as cute fluffballs must never diminish our rough and tumble character. Why don’t I say Bob and Fay are my “managers”.

Bob and Fay are retired lawyers and most importantly experienced (pleasantly of course) Westie owners not just of any Westie but the legendary Dylan the Westie not only the cutest Westie ever, except perhaps for me, but a ferocious freedom fighter and successful movie actor starring alongside Nicole Kidman and Russel Crowe and hobnobber with Joe and Jill Biden, the late Gordon Lightfoot and his next door neighbour Drake, the Pope, the Ayatollah and the King of Sweden. I understand he urinated on Vladamir Putin’s leg as a thank you for the Ukrainian “situation”. What flair! What guts!

Bob has written smash screenplays for Walt Disney. You must have heard of “Reggie the Egyptian Rescue Dog” and its two sequels. Bob has won the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Fay manages the huge sums of money earned by Bob from his novels and screenplays and acts as executive director for several philanthropic organizations most of which are for the betterment of canines and ragdoll cats. More about my Godfather Mr. G. and ragdolls to follow.

I am heading back to my “furever home” (God I hate that hackneyed phrase) from the breeder in Denfield, Ontario to Bob and Fay’s 14 room “small cottage” on the Bridlepath area of Toronto. You know that hood where pharma king and his wife were murdered a couple of years ago.

I am overwhelmed by all the bright lights, noises and voices I am hearing up close for the first time and that Glenn Gould pounding his piano on the car radio is giving me a headache.

I should mention I am 9 weeks old. Bob and Fay did pay me a visit when I was a month old. I was told I nearly pooped on Bob’s shoe! I am so embarrassed!