The S.S. AMERICAN FORWARDER was on the Dublin/Glasgow run and on one return voyage the captain brought Big Mike a full bred Scottish Terrier - male - with all the pedigree papers - a descendant of Ch. MacDuff etc. - It's easier to get a dog out of the U.K. than to bring one in. Mike was proud of this animal and paraded him throughout his neighborhood. One day he received a phone call from a woman who had a female of the same breed who was interested in mating her "bitch" to Mike's male - and she began to grill him on his dog's sexual experience, stud fee, etc. Mike began to squirm - he said he felt like he was being interviewed for a possible "assignation" - and he - a man of the world - felt uncomfortable. Anyway, we never did find out what the stud fee was.........
On a personal note I had a female Scottie for thirteen years - she bonded to the family and snapped at everyone else she met.
tjs
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Tom, so glad you’ve put this into print. My Dad
ReplyDeletetold us parts of this story, and he really loved Sandy as you report, as did all of us.
No one ever believed my Dad’s stories though, but seeing this in print validates it .