My dog Trudeau should've really been prime minister.

[redroanchronicles]

My dog Trudeau is a magnificent and stately creature.

It's not really a surprise that Trudeau is such a dignified animal. I mean, he is named after former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, who was, I'm told, pretty stately himself. Pierre Trudeau established the Charter of Rights and Freedoms in Canada. And the official bilingualism, which has proved to be the stuff of comedy gold. (Just look at Bon Cop, Bad Cop.)

I keep telling my dog Trudeau that he should aspire to live up to his name, and for the most part he just grunts at me and goes back to sleep. Sometimes he makes an indignant noise. But he also has a demonstrated talent for looking like the kind of face you might see on national currency.

He's all about dignity, munificence, the kind of sublime and lordly bearing that one must be born to, the kind of presence that simply can't be faked, that... er...

Trudeau. Trudeau, put your nose down, you're--

Oh dear.

That sound you hear? All of your illusions shattering.

I guess I'll cancel that announcement about Trudeau's run for prime minister. It probably wouldn't have worked out anyway... I'm pretty sure my dog isn't even Canadian. He has yet to show me the birth certificate, anyway. And I'm not sure that his National Initiative For Naps (And More Dog Biscuits) would have gone over all that well with the Canadian public, anyway.

Comments

[cofax7]

Oh, man, he's lovely. And so are these photos. I so wish you'd had time to come back down the Bay Area before you moved, so you could have taken lovely photos of The New Gal. ::sigh::

Still, at least I get to appreciate these.

[redroanchronicles]

I'm holding on to the beautiful notion that I'll be able to come out for a visit sometime. It's probably not terribly realistic considering my perpetual lack of money, but I like to dream big. I still need to visit Golden Gate Park and discover all the other wonders of San Francisco. :)

[twistedchick]

He's wonderful. In the ears-flying pictures he reminds me of my own late Pete, a descendant of showdog German Shepherds who couldn't be shown because he didn't conform to the current fashion for shorter, thicker coats. He had enormous ears that flopped down, and both dignity and humor (as when he would carefully walk into the strawberry patch and eat berries, not noticing that he stepped on four times as many as he ate.)

[redroanchronicles]

Hah, well Trudeau's normally got quite floppy ears, but the wind certainly changed that for these pictures. ;D I just love those sorts of dogs though that can't decide between upright and floppy... one of the greyhounds my family used to own had a perpetually floppy ear, and the other one stood up quite a lot. :D

[adafrog]

Great photos.

[redroanchronicles]

Thanks!