A Good Dog With a Gun

A dog is man’s best friend unless, apparently, you happen to have a dog and a gun at your place. This year, six dogs have shot their owners in the United States. Ten dog shootings have taken place since 2004. These guys are out of control and need intensive training on how best to safely handle firearms. My dog and I get along great but I don’t know if I would trust him with a gun. If he had one, three or four our neighbours might want to start running for their lives. And I wouldn’t want to be some of their dogs. Some days, my doggie has a battitude.

©2015 Jim Hagarty

Author: Jim Hagarty

I am a 72-year-old retired journalist, busy recovering from a lifelong career as an unretired journalist. This year marks a half century of my scratching out little fables about life. My interests include genealogy, humour and music. I live in a little blue shack in Canada and spend most of my time trying to stay out of trouble. I am not that good at it. I also spent years teaching journalism. Poor state of journalism today: My fault. I have a family I don't deserve, a dog that adores me, and two cars the junk yard refuses to accept. My prized possessions include my old guitar and a razor my Dad gave me when I was 14 and which I still use when I bother to shave. Oh, and my great-great-grandfather's blackthorn stick he brought from Ireland in the 1850s. I have only one opinion but it is a good one: People take too many showers.