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Excellent old-dog news with scientific flavor

December 27th, 2004 · No Comments

MarianneMini: West Highland terrier named Marianne Dashwood My dog Marianne turned sixteen years old in October. Here you see her ladylike indoor face.

Last year, I blogged about a two-foot snowfall
that inspired Marianne to rowdy rompings and woofings. This year, when some
inch-or-so dustings of snow failed to interest her, I wondered if she
might finally be getting old.

I can now report a scientific finding that’s much more cheerful: Marianne
needs at least 3 inches of snow to make doggy snow angels. She’s not getting old, she was just somewhat
snow-deficient.

I will be writing this up for Science and Nature, but you read it here first. 

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