....Travels with Thunder

Let us now properly intoduce Thunder Doggie. Thunder is a Great Dane. This breed, according to Uncle Shan, had its origins with medieval Germanic peoples, who wanted dogs of sufficient size and aggression to scare the beejeesus out of any opposing armies. Thunder may lack, for the most part, his progenitor's temperament (his preferred weapon of choice being instead spreading copious amounts of drool on friend and foe), but he exceeds them in size, weighing in at 170 lbs, and standing tall enough on two legs to set his paws easily on our uncle's shoulders. He remains, at heart, a lap dog, as we observed during quiet mornings at Jyl's house, when he sat his fuzzy doggie butt most contentedly in Uncle Shan's lap whilst our uncle, seemingly unawares, prepared for work.
( Off to the Swinging Bridge )