A great grey dane
September 8th 2009 01:44
A younger version of Ruby
The known universe produces some remarkably energetic phenomena — the collision of star clusters, the imagination of political spin doctors — but no single entity anywhere has more energy than a 10-month old great dane.
We met one yesterday, the first time in perhaps a year that we have seen in our small local park a dog bigger than Scratchy.
Her name is Ruby and, while she is according to her human going to be a bit smaller than an average female great dane, she's already bigger than our larger-than average male greyhound.
Ruby is well above average, on the other hand, in huggability. If you can get her to stand still for more than two seconds, she is the biggest, softest, most huggable hunk of a dog this side of a St Bernard.
Ruby has also — and I am now being very serious — the most beautiful coat I have seen on a dog.
I am talking about colour and pattern. How to describe it? Dove grey brindled with a darker grey-verging-black. I took one look and said, "You could wear her to the opening night of the ballet."
It sounded impolite and impolitic as soon as I said it, but then I noticed the women in the group nodding.
"Absolutely," said one.
It was still rude, however. Ruby, I apologise.
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