Larry’s Diary: In the shadow of Scratchy
January 26th 2012 03:49
Who is Scratchy?
I asked Daisy but she just got a funny look in her eye and wandered away.
I asked Mollie the Border Collie we pass on our walk every morning but she said she wasn’t ready to talk about it yet.
I asked Frank the Great Dane in the park but he just dropped his tail and told me to ask Daisy.
I need to know because it seems that everything I do reminds someone of something about this Scratchy. When I eat quickly, I’m compared to Scratchy. When I run quickly, I’m compared to Scratchy. Stealing unripe fruit from the peach tree, and consequently throwing up on the sofa, evoke comparisons with Scratchy.
Who the heck is he?
So finally I looked Big Boss in the eye and did the thought transfer thing. Humans don’t know dogs can do this, and it’s not something we do every day, but I’d come to the point where a point had to be made.
So I got Big Boss’s attention and I said, “I’m assuming Scratchy was a former dog you were attached to. Indeed, everyone seems to have been attached to him. That’s fair enough, but you have to stop making me feel like I’m a replacement.
“Stop comparing everything I do to Scratchy. You hearing me, Big Boss? I’m me. I’m Larry. And I’m living in no-dog’s pawsteps.”
I broke the connection and watched as Big Boss’s eyes cleared. Slowly he looked down at me. “Hello Larry, my boy,” he said, and gave me the biggest cuddle I’ve ever had.
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Comment by Heidiclyde
It is all right to remind people of someone as popular as Scratchy was, Some of the things you do will be similar to things he did and that is good because you will help memories of him to live on, some of the things you do will be quite different because you are quite different to him, and that is good too because you are being loved for being Larry as well as for keeping Scratchy's spirit alive.
I can tell you that you are very different to look at and you write far more intelligent comments than he did. Scratchy had one over-riding passion in life, he lived to eat and this tended to colour everything he wrote, so far you have written about the mystery of female hounds (and who can deny that we are mysterious beings) and the need to be recognised as yourself, your comments on food have been quite restrained. I can't help admitting that Daisy has a point, you may be one of that exclusive group The Intelligent Boy Dogs' Club, I must admit one or two of our foster hounds belong to it, Nitro definitely did, but don't expect any clever comments from that country hick Clyde whom I have to live with over here.
Licks,
Heidi.
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I think I've got the Big Guy organised now. Daisy too.
As for intelligence, I'm much too modest to hold an opinion.
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