Pretty dog and hot pizzas

A YOUNGER LADY.

I picked up Lady at the groomer's office just now. The highlight was when three people in front of the laundromat started praising my beautiful dog. They were all amazed that she's past 15 and a half years old.

The funny thing happened this morning when we were passing the Pizza Hut door on the way to the groomer's. Lady stopped and politely waited for someone to open the door. I guess she had a taste for pizza.

The bad thing happened when I was driving home from the groomer, and the light suddenly changed yellow and red. I hit the brake, and I heard Lady thump down onto the back floorboard of the car. She wasn't hurt. It's only happened a few times over the years, but it always bothers me.

I don't want to hurt my girl.

NOTE: Lady passed on Sept. 17, 2016; it was one of the saddest days of my life. She lived three months and 16 days after I wrote the above blog entry.

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More entries from The Dog Blog

• Katie cried

• Growl and pull

• 13-plus years with my dog Lady

• ... said the spider to ...

• The Dog Diary (2014)

• YIP! YIP! The stereo-sound huskies

• What Lady and Michael Jackson had in common

EDITOR@WORK blog entries

• You really DO need an editor

• Reminders for would-be novelists

• What I do when I'm editing

• What I charge (it's a deal) and what I edit

• Slogging through the Internet

• J-school: More eyes on your stories

• J-school: Go out and learn

• Rookie mistakes for magazine writers

Blog entries from The Auto Racing Journal

• Angel in Black: Remembering Dale Earnhardt Sr.

(a book of great stories about the Intimidator)

• Then Junior Said to Jeff...

(the book of great NASCAR stories)

• My best day as a sports writer

• Jeff Gordon's milk toast to Dale Earnhardt

• Wayne Auton: A life in racing

More blog entries by Tom Gillispie

• Resume for a writer and editor

• An editor's views on powerful writing

• Advice for be and would-be novelists

• Links to TG's stories online

• Favorite quotes

• What I do when I'm editing

Anecdotes by Tom Gillispie

• Wipeout at Death Valley

• Days with rainbows

• A desperate writer working in the dark

• Yer outta there!