The DevilDog Lives!
Not Mortimer come back from the grave. Alas that would be impossible, and slightly creepy. No this is a new DevilDog, the DevilDog mark 2, aka Tegid.
Tegid is the Horse Doctor's birthday present, even though her birthday's not until Monday. He came from Burnley in Lancashire and is from good working stock. His mum is quite hairy, his dad quite smooth, so it will be interesting to see how his coat develops as he grows. He is, of course, a Patterdale Terrier. And Haggis is quite astonished.
Mort, the original DevilDog, came into our lives fifteen years ago, when the Horse Doctor was still the Horse Student and just embarking on her PhD. He, too, was a birthday present, and one which lasted quite well. Hopefully Tegid will have a long and happy life ahead of him, and won't succumb to the ravages of arthritis that so crippled his famous predecessor. At the moment he is mostly an eating machine, capable of consuming his own bodyweight in food in one sitting. Little more than a stomach on legs, really, but at least he's got a healthy appetite.
Tegid is the Horse Doctor's birthday present, even though her birthday's not until Monday. He came from Burnley in Lancashire and is from good working stock. His mum is quite hairy, his dad quite smooth, so it will be interesting to see how his coat develops as he grows. He is, of course, a Patterdale Terrier. And Haggis is quite astonished.
Mort, the original DevilDog, came into our lives fifteen years ago, when the Horse Doctor was still the Horse Student and just embarking on her PhD. He, too, was a birthday present, and one which lasted quite well. Hopefully Tegid will have a long and happy life ahead of him, and won't succumb to the ravages of arthritis that so crippled his famous predecessor. At the moment he is mostly an eating machine, capable of consuming his own bodyweight in food in one sitting. Little more than a stomach on legs, really, but at least he's got a healthy appetite.
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Gabriele - like goose wouldn't melt in his mouth, as the expression might go.
For someone so small it's taken Tegid just two weeks to become top dog in the house. But then that was always going to happen.