Show Tobby a piece of cheese, and he becomes a meditating monk. And then there are the eyes.
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Tobby's chest works like a locomotive engine. For years, nobody watching could tell who was walking whom.
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Tobby is a slim gentleman, until he sits down and turns into a soft, round, slightly over-roasted chicken.
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Crossed paws, raised chin, a gentle soul. Nobody taught Tobby his manners. He was simply born a gentleman.
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Cheese is his passion. Red apples are his love. Even his birthday cake was an apple with two candles.
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He sleeps like he worked twenty hours in a coal mine, and only lets go once he's touching one of us.
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Tobby is five and a half and has decided not to age. His six-step beauty routine is more serious than mine.
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People see a big Labrador and ask if he bites. Tobby has never needed teeth. He has the look.
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Two words that make Tobby fly into the car, and what makes our road trips calmer and safer.
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A Christmas duck that quacked a little too much, and a friendship that survived it.
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A big dog who jumps at cats, and the tiny Yorkie downstairs who holds him in absolute terror.
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A very polite dog who can keep his whole body still at the table. Just not his mouth.
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He always finds the softest place in the house and quietly watches us rush. One evening I lay down beside him.
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He jumped into a lake at four months old and never wanted to come out. Forty kilos of pure joy in the water.
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How my daughter's favorite blanket became his in a week, and what he knows about comfort.
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The hardest moment of my day, and the welcome that makes up for it every time.
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The good moments come quietly. But there is one I never have to look for: he will not eat without it.
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A house full of plush animals, one very dignified earless lion, and the gentlest dog who loves them all.
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Our daily dinner ritual, and the simple bowl that turns mealtime into something slower.
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A soft drying robe, a shiny nose, and the sweetest tired dog in the house.
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What an earless lion taught me about choosing plush toys for a big, gentle dog.
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