In a very real sense, he is the company mascot as everyone who works here treats him as if they too belong to him. As those of you who have pets know, before long they do not belong to you, you belong to them. So here is to the other pets which grace our lives.
One thing I should probably say, Duke seems to like our Christmas party just as much as everyone else in the company. He does, however, object to the hat which goes with his Christmas outfit. Perhaps the only thing funnier than watching him get rid of that hat is the one time I tried to put boots on him.
I thought it's cold and wet outside, so I put boots on him to keep his feet warm. WRONG! I got the dirtiest look you can imagine. Duke says more with the way he looks at you than most people can say with words. He just stood there. He looked at me, then he lifted his left front foot and shook it, placed it back on the ground and lifted his right hind foot and shook it. He then gave me another dirty look and sat it back on the floor then he lifted his right front foot and shook it. This repeated one foot after the other until all four feet were free of the dratted boots he disliked so much. To this day I sincerely wish I had a movie of the scene.
One thing I'm sure that everyone who is graced with the presence of a dog or cat can tell you, they definitely have a personality all their own. They are just as individual as you are, and perhaps for many of the same reasons.
I only hope that we can keep their lives as rich as they keep ours. After all, there is a lot of truth in the old saying that a dog is man's best friend.
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