Gonçalo, my ‘cadaver dog’, was born on 31 December 2017, so he is fast approaching his first birthday. We expect to be away on holiday for a week around that time. Normal blog service will be resumed in early January 2019. All I can say is that the backlog of tales has built up in the festive season, and the blog posts will be much more frequent again.
Here is a little taster for you. What is going to happen with your Christmas dinner leftovers? This is not a trivial point for the owner of a cadaver dog-in-training.
I predict there will be Christmas leftovers in our house, of many types, 3 days from now. A selection of choice meats with delicious gravy. There is a total of 3 dogs in the house, but that includes Gonçalo, my ‘cadaver dog’. Should the turkey, pork and duck go to waste? Should the two non-cadaver dogs tuck in, while poor Gonçalo is left to just sniff and smell? Should Gonçalo the cadaver dog’ tuck in to tasty meat leftovers?
His birthday dinner is easier, simply because I like cooking, and we will be on holiday! Making him a 3-course meal on 31 December will be a joy. He will get a very small starter, a tasty main, followed by a tiny, tiny portion of dessert. We will be away from Portelas, so I don’t need to worry about the other two household dogs.
In the meantime, he is continuing to train me. When we get up early, I will sometimes watch live football from Australia, the Hyundai A-League.
The photo below is from an early morning game. There was only 10 minutes left, and the score meant it was already dead, i.e. game over.
The brown leather chair on the right of the photo is Gonçalo’s chair. However, I had nipped out for 30 seconds for a call of nature. When I came back, the puppy had claimed my TV seat.
“This TV-thingy is boring, old man” he said. “It’s a beautiful sunny morning. We should be out in the campo, cadaver-training!”
So I turned off the TV and we headed into the campo (countryside, meadow, field).
Boas Festas! (Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year).