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Showing posts with label Paris guard dogs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Paris guard dogs. Show all posts
Monday, April 11, 2011
Everyone has at least heard of John Ruskin's The Stones of Venice, a 3 volume treatise on Venetian art and architecture, even if they haven't read the mountainous tomes... 
BEAR and I decided we must write, The Dogs of Venice. Naturalement we must first finish The Dogs of Paris! 
At least Venetian dogs are sensibly dressed (if dressed at all) for potential rain unlike their ridiculously overdressed Parisien brothers and sisters... 
And who needs a leash when there are no cars to do damage? 
If you stop in any museum in Venice like the Accademia for example, you'll be accosted by even more dogs. 
Though mostly very small dogs so not to worry. And yes, dogs are allowed on the bed in Venice in case you're wondering... 
Venetian dogs will only listen to Vivaldi quartets, so don't bother playing them Debussey per favore. 
This little dog is the "Kiki of Montparnasse" model favored by all Venetian painters nonstop. 
BEAR and I kept bumping into this hound over... 
And over... 
Even in Paris a Tiepolo fresco featuring this little dog was at the musee Jacquemart-Andres. 
And on the streets as well... 
You might be scratching your head wondering where the heck are all the cats of Venice? 
Don't ask me. I saw only one meower and I had to take the boat to Burano to catch him sunning in a doorway... 
Though Gawd knows there are way too many cat masks in Venice!BUON GIORNO DOGS OF VENICE!
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
The announcement of the long-anticipated presidential dog caused havoc in my posting today...
Suddenly the presence of dogs in cafes took on an importance I hadn't planned on. Now I need to know if The Presidential Dog will be going to Paris next trip.
A PB reader sent me photos of her dog assisting in the making hot chocolate while visiting Paris...
My Belgian Sheepdog knew French, maybe better than I do.Va cherche (go get it)
Donne la patte (shake hands)
Vienne vite (come quickly...though now Parisien Anne now tells me I should have said rapidment!)
Will The Presidential Dog be getting French lessons?
Enquiring minds need to know...
This hound is guarding a creperie not a cafe. And unleashed at that.
Is there a special school for cafe dog training?And do they accept foreign students?
These guys definitely have their P.s and Q.s down pat!
What sort of cafe table you tether your dog to is of great importance. This one is Art Deco...
Course there is nothing wrong with the traditional cast iron cafe table like this one at Le Select. Most hounds don't give a damn anyway...
A cafe cat is another matter altogether... 
This is cafe Le Select's resident cat. I doubt he lifts a paw to do much of anything. Forget about guarding the place.He's a cat.
Can you give a Paris cafe-visiting dog a Perrier? Probably plain old Paris tap is the way to go. Especially when you take into account the 5 euro price tag.
I'm still looking for that Parisien-rent-a-dog place.
These guys definitely have their P.s and Q.s down pat!
What sort of cafe table you tether your dog to is of great importance. This one is Art Deco...
Course there is nothing wrong with the traditional cast iron cafe table like this one at Le Select. Most hounds don't give a damn anyway...
A cafe cat is another matter altogether... This is cafe Le Select's resident cat. I doubt he lifts a paw to do much of anything. Forget about guarding the place.He's a cat.
Can you give a Paris cafe-visiting dog a Perrier? Probably plain old Paris tap is the way to go. Especially when you take into account the 5 euro price tag.
I'm still looking for that Parisien-rent-a-dog place.Wonder if they have any Portuguese waterdogs?
BONJOUR First Pup BO!!
BONJOUR First Pup BO!!
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