‘I have always been a dog person,” people say. You’re either born a dog person, or not.” Sometimes, that’s not true. Our first dog was, scientifically, the best dog in the world – Christmas. “I called her Christmas, so you could have Christmas every day,” Dad explained, mistily. When it snowed, we threw snowballs for her to catch – she would…

Source: The Times July 21, 2017 23:03 UTC