Aww, poor puppy. People suck.

Chloe's tail is docked, and not cleanly. The Boy is the 4th owner to have her, so he has no idea how she lost it. Now, given her propensity for lingering in the doorway as the door closes, it's very possible a heavy door closed on it. Although if that were the case, I would think she'd be skittish in doorways and not linger.

We don't know if someone was being cruel and cut it off, or tried to dock it but did a bad job, or what. But she WILL NOT let anyone touch her nubby tail (or hindquarters in general).

And all I can think is, if someone deliberately did that to her, I'd like to get ahold of them and whip out some equitable payback.

Kato was abandoned in a ditch as a puppy, and The Boy happened to drive by and see him. He (Kato) was playing happily, so he might not have known he was being abandoned. And he's the most good-natured dog I have ever met. He would be perfect with kids, because he'd be so tolerant of them hanging on him or poking him or doing other kid stuff.

Chloe would probably eat a child.

t edit And I tell him (Kato) all the time that anyone dumb enough to abandon *him* must be in the dumb hall of fame, because he's awesome. (If I haven't already made that clear. Heh.)

It's true that Londoners aren't known for their effusiveness and friendliness.

Heh. Somewhere Pete is grumbling, and doesn't know why. (Grumbling in a completely different way than his usual grumbling, I mean.)

Sean, go to the V&A. If you want to make me really jealous, go to the fashion section and then post about it.

Jilli, have you ever seen that exhibit in person? You would love it.

Aww, poor puppy. People suck.

Some do, yes. The awesome thing is that they are balanced out by people who so do NOT suck, like this foster mom. She and her family have fostered and placed 120 dogs (pups and full grown) in the past 18 months. How awesome is that?

Heh. Somewhere Pete is grumbling, and doesn't know why. (Grumbling in a completely different way than his usual grumbling, I mean.)

Heh. Hee hee hee.

Well over half the people we've run into or interacted with in London have been rude, unpleasant, and downright hostile towards us, making us in turn kind of hostile towards each other. No one has expressly said as much out loud, but I strongly suspect it's because we're USians.

There's some press that there's some tension because of the whole BP thing- we're bringing down British Petroleum and people's pensions and crapping on Britain by railing against "British Petroleum" instead of "BP" blah blah blah. I don't know how prevalent or true this is though.

Pix, I meant to say that I am glad there are also good people like the ones who rescue those beautiful dogs.

We had a delicious vegetable curry for dinner. With so much weekend activity lately, I am having trouble keeping up with all of the CSA veg we have.

Nora, the BP thing didn't even occur to me, but that makes sense.

How awesome is that?

That is pretty damn awesome. Wow!

Frankie boy is sprawled on me as I watch SYTYCD. He is so the perfect dog for me.

Jilli, have you ever seen that exhibit in person? You would love it.

I have almost sprinted through it once, because through a comedy of errors, we only had about an hour at the V&A the time we went. If we go to the UK this fall, I am spending A DAY there.

She and her family have fostered and placed 120 dogs (pups and full grown) in the past 18 months. How awesome is that?

Pretty durned awesome! Especially placing the full grown dogs, which I understand to be a challenge.

In other news, Leifur has been scratching himself a fair bit lately, and he's starting to show bald spots. I'll have to get him to the vet this weekend. He's flea free, but it could be allergies. I'm sort of inclined to think it's him getting freaked out by being stuck in the apartment for the past week or two, due to the heat wave. Maybe I shouldn't have named him after a Viking explorer.