Puddles and Poodles

Dana's friend Ruby came to visit today. Ruby is a working dog – part poodle- and trained to alert her owner to sounds. In other words she is what is called a “Hearing Dog”. She acts as someone's ears and is able to distinguish between doorbell, telephone, mobile and alarm clock, as well as cooker timer and fire alarms. Very smart. Dana is beautiful but a typical dumb blonde, so the combination of beauty and brains is most amusing. Today they joined force. Dana tried to swim in a puddle as it was the o­nly bit of water available, and Ruby joined in by diving for stones. Animals are so much more content than most humans.