Not a bad dog

(1962 September 9)

Well, our dog is really a darling. I have known dogs but never one so understanding as this one. He never cries if staked out or locked up in garage or laundry. He always seems to be trying to read my mind so he can mind me better. We laugh about reactions to newspapers. To the cat, the rattle of a paper means FOOD - that I am putting one on the floor and am about to feed her. To the dog it means get in your bed or you'll get a swat over the tail, and one day when I read the paper at the kitchen table, he was constantly in dread. Every time I turned a page, he jumped into his bed.