Dog-ged Determination
There’s a great story on the American Cancer Society web site about Annie, the anti-smoking, miniature American Eskimo dog who, single-pawed, forced her owner, Bob Friend, to kick his habit for good.
Bob enjoyed watching football games on his sofa, with a beer and cigarette–and Annie. One day, Annie approached the cigarette in Bob’s hand, stuck her teeth out and mouthed the cigarette. It seems Bob doesn’t mind dog germs, because he took a puff of that cigarette and blew the smoke right in Annie’s face.
That single puff was enough to make Annie the Carrie Nation of anti-smoking dogs. From that time forward, at the click of Bob’s lighter Annie would throw herself on his lap, coughing, sneezing and sputtering in his face until he put the cigarette out.
Annie’s campaign drove Bob to give up his cigarettes, for a while. He started smoking again and Annie resurrected her antismoking campaign. Bob switched to cigars. Annie said, “No cigar” and hounded him relentlessly until he kicked the habit for good.
This is a photo of Harry, our Cairn Terrier. I don’t suspect Harry would be pleased if I were to light up on HIS sofa.
