dogsin the city.


Act Natural.


This morning, mom sits down with me and looks me straight in my face and says, “act natural.” Seriously? My response: I just gave her a big, long yawn, complete with a slow uncurling of my long dog tongue, right in her face. Then I rolled over for a tummy rub and took a nice long snooze. Act natural? As if. Sniffing butts, throwdown back wiggles on fragrant


dead (or nearly dead) lizards and worms, blowing a coat just walking through a room, burping out loud, chasing rabbits


and ducks. Need I go on? These endearing gifts come pretty much standard for all fur-clad hounds who know how important it is to fully embrace their total and classic canine dogness. I may be a super puppy hero in a dog suit, (and we all


know there’s nothing ‘natural’ about that). But even I know better than to ever risk losing my dog card to being anything less than a total natch. *SQUIRREL!*


Life from a Dog’s Perspective is a series written for The New Barker by Guinness the dog (as told to his mom, Lon Martin). Photography by Lon Martin. 108 THE NEW BARKER www.TheNewBarker.com


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