MURRAY THE WONDER DOG (WHO WILL JUMP THROUGH HOOPS AND MORE TO BE WITH HIS BEST FRIEND)
Looks
innocent, doesn’t he?
This
is our rescue dog, Murray’s second summer in Italy, where he has learned a new
trick:how to throw himself against the window of the parked car with enough
force to break it!
And
for his second act, he jumps out the busted window and starts taking a
passeggiata to look for some company.
Our
architect friends were kind enough to babysit M for the six days we were in
Slovenia. When they told us that he had done this to their car, we
couldn't believe it.
As
the story goes, Daniele left Murray to go into the post office for a minute
only to see Murray walking in through the front door! Then he looked back at
the car and noticed that the window was busted and there was glass all over the
place. He was trying to think what might have possessed Murray to do such
a thing. Obviously, Murray needed some stamps.
That
little escapade was in addition to the time M slipped through their fenced
property to chase after Daniele's car. (Those two are quite bonded.) Fortunately
Gabriella saw what happened and phoned Danielle in time for him to stop and
bring Murray Houdini back to the house. Mamma mia!
Well, the day after we picked up Murray from our friends’ house, we were still skeptical
about the whole broken window story when I went to the Italian dentist to get
my tooth pulled. Jim came in with me to find out how long this little operation
was going to take, leaving our hairy son Murray in the car. Then he came back
out and took Murray for a passeggiata until Toothless D was ready to go.
With
my ice pack against my cheek, we made our way back to the car only to be
stopped by a nice Italian guy who asked, "is that your car that had the
dog in it?" We looked over at the car and there was no window or Murray
there.
The
gentleman had seen M throwing himself against the slightly open window, break
it, and then jump out to take a stroll around the parking lot looking for
his master. Fortunately he had not gone far, and Jim was able to bring him back
to our now very "glassy" and breezy car.
With
me holding M in my lap in the front seat, we headed straight to our mechanic's
to order a new window. Since we had found this mechanic thanks to Daniele, we
knew that he would soon be coming in to order his own replacement window, for
which we intended to pay.
In
the true Italian way, of course we asked for a discount on the second window!
The Italian economy may
indeed be a shambles, but as you can see, we are doing our bit to help it
along.
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