My dog plays the guitar

Tweet

It;s true. My guitar stands permanently in the corner near the dining table, out of its case, ready to play. Each day we have a little routine leading up to the dog's walk. Since my back doesn't allow me to put on my own socks or shoes, my partner has to do it for me, and that is when the fun starts. The dog can sense the "putting on of the socks" whilst in a deep sleep from four rooms away, and even before she has properly knelt, his nose is in the mix. he nearly pushes her over in his excitement. But he has learned: sometimes the socks go on before my sandals or my going out shoes, and he knows that leaves him out. Often they are preparatory to me putting on my gumboots to go work in the garden, and that leaves him out too. But my runners, ah, now we're talking. As soon as sharra picks up the runners he goes frantic, and his first act, almost invariably, is to run over to the guitar and brush his nose across the strings, causing it to resonate. I think he gets so excited he has to tell someone, and the guitar is the only person present other than us lol. Lash