{"id":16129,"date":"2021-10-05T11:56:26","date_gmt":"2021-10-05T15:56:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/?p=16129"},"modified":"2021-10-05T11:56:26","modified_gmt":"2021-10-05T15:56:26","slug":"a-man-and-his-dog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/2021\/10\/05\/a-man-and-his-dog\/","title":{"rendered":"A Man and His Dog"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many, many years ago I read an autobiographical short story by Thomas Mann called \u201cA Man and His Dog.\u201d\u00a0 It\u2019s a very charming description of Mann\u2019s life in a rural suburb outside I believe Munich.\u00a0 His dog Bashan is a German Shorthaired Pointer (GSP) or, as he mentions in the story mostly of that breed, because he mentions some irregularities of his appearance that Mann hints should b a point of embarrassment for Bashan.<\/p>\n

When my children were young, we found ourselves looking for a family dog and I thought long and hard what breed to get.\u00a0 Camera Girl is a dog lover and any breed will find a place in her heart but I insisted that it be a manly and courageous breed because I see the value of having a capable watchdog in the house.\u00a0 But I wanted a dog that had the even temperament needed around small children.\u00a0 So, no pit bulls or bull mastiffs.\u00a0 After a thorough review of the physical and temperamental characteristics, I selected the GSP as the optimal dog breed for us.\u00a0 We ended up travelling about six hours each way to get the puppy and when I brough \u201cMax\u201d home he was an immediate hit with the children and settled in with his family.<\/p>\n

And I will say that he lived up to the description for his breed.\u00a0 The GSP\u2019s are incredibly friendly with children in the family and tolerant of people around the home.\u00a0 But they are extremely protective of their territory if another dog enters it and will fight ferociously against an intruding dog.\u00a0 They are extremely smart and amazingly fast and agile.\u00a0 And as one of our later GSP\u2019s demonstrated, powerful hunters.\u00a0 Our older dog Kaylee once took down a young deer that happened to be in a field that she was running in.\u00a0 It was all that we could to get the deer away from her alive.<\/p>\n

In his story Mann mentions that the pointers can make themselves a nuisance by their single-minded approach to the master of the house.\u00a0 And in a sense, this is true.\u00a0 Although Camera Girl is the primary dog walker in the house, the two pointers look to me for their marching orders.\u00a0 Whenever anyone enters the property, they come to me and start complaining about the intrusion looking for leadership in repelling this invasion.\u00a0 And as annoying as it sometimes is to have yapping dogs running around in circles when the oil truck comes down the driveway or the Fedex guy is dropping off a package, it is a good feeling to have loyal minions whose allegiance is to the king of the castle and no one else.<\/p>\n

Over the years we have had other breeds too.\u00a0 Early on we had a Newfoundland.\u00a0 Up until six years ago we had a Bassett hound.\u00a0 Both dogs were wonderful creatures that we loved immensely.\u00a0 And they had their own unique qualities and characteristics.\u00a0 But to my mind the pointers are the best family dogs I\u2019ve come across.\u00a0 And in a pinch, if a serious animal threat wandered onto the property, I\u2019d feel better knowing a GSP was there to look out for Camera Girl and the grandkids.<\/p>\n

So, when I think of a man and his dog, if the man is me then the dog would be a German shorthaired pointer.<\/p>\n

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