I did not see the Owner last night so I say Hello Enthusiastically. The Owner has been to the Vet. She has a bandage and is Extremely Grumpy when the Moral Dog Leaps to Say Hello. Ouch, she says. Can you not tell I have an Injury, she says. I […]
The coffee shop is decorated with hearts and flowers. Happy Valentine’s Day, says the Coffee Man when the Owner Orders Coffee. Happy Valentine’s Day, he says to the Man. Happy Valentine’s Day Hergest, he says to me.. Thankyou, says the Owner. That is Very Sweet of You. Was that not […]
I put Squeaky Cat on the Computer and he Gazes at the Owner. The Owner says she does not want to play. The Moral Dog has played for hours, she says. Now I need to work. It is not me that wants to play, I say, it is Squeaky Cat. […]
Do not jump into the road, says the Owner. It is Unwise. There were no bicycles coming, I say. It was not Unwise on this Occasion. One should live by Wise General Rules, says the Owner, and not jump into the Road At all. The Moral Dog is too wise […]
Hergest, says the Owner, you cannot sit on me. You do not fit. I need to sit on you, I say. It is how we Bond, I say. Bonding is of the Mind not the Knees, says the Owner. Knees help, I say. Nevertheless I will have to Bond with […]
My Ball is lost. Who, precisely, has lost my Ball is a Moot point. I appears to me that, since the Owner threw it, she has lost it. The Owner, on the other hand, seems to feel that some kind of Understanding between the Moral Dog and the Owner regarding […]
I have a Sore Eye. We go to see the Vet and I am very wriggly and cross, because I do not like having a Sore Eye. The Vet shows the Owner diagrams of eye then says I need drops. The Vet then shows the Owner some Other Diagrams and […]
The Owner is putting cream on her face. Why are you doing that? I ask. If I do not do it, says the Owner, my Face will Wrinkle. How do you know that it will work? I ask. Because it is Expensive, says the Owner. It would not be Expensive […]
The Trouble with Exploring is that there are Unexpected Complications, I say. The Owner spends some time extracting my Ears from the Bush. I do not know how you got into such a tangle, she says. You have cut yourself. But it is not that bad. One would not want […]
The Owner says we must hurry because it is 7am and time to go. But I am tired, I say. I need to sleep. You should not be tired, says the Owner, as it is 7am. Or, I say, because the Moral Dog is Deeply Philosophical, it should not be […]
Look, Hergest, says the Owner, the Postman has at last given me the Dress I have been waiting for. But you already have a Dress, I say. That is exactly why I need another one, says the Owner. Can we go for a walk now? I ask. Don’t be ridiculous, […]
I would like to talk, I say. I am not going to talk about cheese any more, says the Owner. The subject is closed. Let us talk about Something Else. I do not always talk about cheese, I say. Yes, you do, says the Owner. Always. It lies at the […]
Stop begging, Hergest, says the Owner. I am not begging, I say. I am Sitting Silently By. You did not have to say a word, says the Owner, to be gazing at my Ice Cream Voraciously. I am gazing at your Ice Cream, I say, but Voracious is the Wrong […]
The Owner and I are in the Kitchen, Doing our Respective Jobs.. Hergest, says the Owner, please stop Barking. I am trying to Write my PhD. I have to Bark, I say, I am a Dog. That is Not True, says the Owner, and as a Person with Training in […]
The Owner says that I Cannot Ever have Cheese Again. But I Like Cheese, I say, and I Deserve Cheese. All Principles of Justice suggest that I should have Cheese. Not All Principles, sats the Owner. It is Unjust to deprive me of my One Pleasure, I say. The Moral […]
Hergest, a Hound's Philosophy 