It's been going on a long time. |
Lots of people make resolutions to try to spend more time with their dog, to try to take them to obedience class, to take them out for sports. It's the canine equivalent of promising that we're going to go out and exercise more ourselves, lose weight and be good and moral. |
People forget that Omar Bradley went all around World War II with a big black poodle named Beau. And everybody associates Winston Churchill with the bulldog because he looked like a bulldog. But the truth is Winston Churchill never owned a bulldog. He owned miniature poodles and they were all called Rufus. |
The big thing about the past is that a lot of people didn't have disposable income. Now we do. Now, if you want to go out and get a liver pate birthday cake for your dog and throw a party, you can do that sort of thing. |
They are incredibly active and have to be worked. If you don't, they become neurotic and they're smart enough to make you neurotic too. |