dog house

Hello! I am sure I am one of the many who will now start reading your blog and of course I am about to purchase your book...all very inspiring indeed and just what I need to read on a dark, wet, dull and miserable Sunday in Dublin! Congratulations on the success of your book and your move to France! The stuff my dreams are made of :)

Oh...and Biff is totally adorable..I have two Bichons and it is impossible to remain cross with them...shucks!

Yes, it does sound like love. Biff is alive, lovely and not replaceable; the sunglasses were lovely, not alive, and presumably replaceable (at a huge cost).
Still, sorry to read that (but anywhere near as sorry as I was when Biff was ill).

I was in Mad Hatters on friday night and your beloved was roaming the room, although in France you are allowed dogs in the restaurant I am sure that plenty would be somewhat objectionable if my rather large border collie was in and out of other peoples tables not being controlled, I also think he is wonderful and love him to bits, but at home not in a restaurant. I would imagine like the majority of blogs, twitters and sites yours is one that accepts only the positive.

Tony,

I am sorry that you were bothered by Biff's presence in The Mad Hatter's on Friday night, but I think it is a little unfair to suggest that he was 'roaming the room' and 'not being controlled' when in fact, he spent the almost the entire night lying quietly under the table. He slipped my attention for two minutes towards the end of the evening but he is not a large border collie and most people would agree that he is a very well behaved dog. I don't know how long you have lived in France, but dogs are welcome in many restaurants.

You have also made an incorrect assumption re my blog site. I publish all comments that people take the trouble to send, positive or negative. Fortunately, most are positive.

with best wishes

Mimi

We were also at the Mad Hatters on the table next to you and did not even notice Biff until much later on as he was so good. We didn't see him roaming at all before we left, having enjoyed a great meal as usual.
Hope Biff has no ill effects from his unusual supper.

in my experience, the quieter they are, the more mischief they are getting up to. Like bloody Posetta Baddog eating my huge slab of Whole Nut, and only being discovered afterwards, licking chocolate off her greedy whiskers, in her corner of evil (where she drags her spoils). LLGxx

Can imagine how mortified you were on discovering Biff had eaten your Prada Sun specs, I would have felt the same, but he really would be quite oblivious to the 'pain' he was going to cause you, 'bless him'. Could you not claim for them on your house contents insurance?

Mimi,
A slightly indelicate question if you don't mind. When I forwarded your blog to my sister in an ongoing attempt to persuade her to join her little sisters on the mainland, her response was ''Is this mutt related to Frank? - from the picture it looks as if they're first cousins.'' Now I hate to be rude, but is your dog of uncertain parentage like my lovely little girl (yes, indeed, Frank is a girl!)
Thank you.
(Mary - you've been named and shamed!!)

Dear SillySally,

yes, Biff is indeed of uncertain parentage. All I know is that he came from a rescue near Bergerac, was born in May two years ago and was seen being thrown out of the back of a van. (Though knowing him, he probably jumped out in search of a better life.) He also had mainge (sp) and was missing great chunks of hair when taken on first by the SPA and then by the lovely Phoenix Rescue in the Dordogne. Does any of this sound familiar? Have you got a picture of Frank?

best

mimix