Comments on: Art for Art’s Sake; Dino is funny http://thesmediolanumlif.com/?p=284 Thes - Old English for "this", neuter of thes, of West Germanic origin: Mediolanum - old name for Milan: Lif - Old English for "life", of Germanic origin; related to Dutch lijf, German Leib 'body' Fri, 16 Nov 2018 07:21:49 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.41 By: Andy http://thesmediolanumlif.com/?p=284#comment-344 Thu, 15 Jan 2009 21:39:41 +0000 http://www.vandainmilan.com/?p=284#comment-344 Hi Pietro,

All my dogs have done the ‘washing everything’ trick. Dino doesn’t always cock his leg yet; sometimes he squats like a female. However, his first wee of the walk is the longest I have ever known for a dog. We (Rufus and I) stand there, waiting, for a good couple of minutes.
I remember the last dog, Ben, before we came to Italy. Even though I had to carry him up and down steps and, sometimes, pick him up if his back legs gave way, he would still cock his leg but because he wasn’t stable he used to lean on whatever he was cocking his leg against!

]]> By: Pietro http://thesmediolanumlif.com/?p=284#comment-343 Thu, 15 Jan 2009 20:03:40 +0000 http://www.vandainmilan.com/?p=284#comment-343 It’s very funny the image of you dog raising the wrong leg. My dog now is old and shakes his legs, but even when he was a puppy, he raised the legs only sometimes. The old one, Wolf, every time we went out, was determined to “wash” EACH tree, corner and the 90% of the cars (the remaing 10 were saved by me). I never discovered where he was keeping all that water…

]]> By: Andy http://thesmediolanumlif.com/?p=284#comment-342 Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:10:36 +0000 http://www.vandainmilan.com/?p=284#comment-342 Hey Bianca,
Well, that’s good and the weather must be warmer here than Canada AND you will be with Duick and, hopefully, the dirty snow will have gone.

Have a good trip back.

]]> By: Bianca http://thesmediolanumlif.com/?p=284#comment-341 Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:48:47 +0000 http://www.vandainmilan.com/?p=284#comment-341 Ciao Andy,
I’ll be back on Thursday and Duick is at home…waiting for me ;)

]]> By: Andy http://thesmediolanumlif.com/?p=284#comment-340 Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:21:18 +0000 http://www.vandainmilan.com/?p=284#comment-340 Thanks, Bianca. I agree about the Last Supper and Sant’Ambrogio. Saint Maurizio, I’m afraid, I haven’t been to yet.
Palazzo Reale does have some great exhibitions. I have been to some and they are, usually, very good.
But when do you get back? Is it very soon or still a month or so away? And where is Duick now? I am sure he misses you!

]]> By: Bianca http://thesmediolanumlif.com/?p=284#comment-339 Tue, 13 Jan 2009 14:36:44 +0000 http://www.vandainmilan.com/?p=284#comment-339 Love to read the way you describe Milan. The best Milan has to offer is the Last Supper (in my humble opinion) or Sant’Ambrogio Church. Also Saint Maurizio (Corso Magenta) is wonderful, actually is my favorite church in Milan.
If I am not wrong there is a great art exhibition now at Palazzo Reale (René Magritte, one of my favorite artist ever).

I’m so looking forward to spend time with Duick. I really miss him, I can’t live without dogs. There’s a cat here but it’s not the same.

]]> By: Andy http://thesmediolanumlif.com/?p=284#comment-338 Tue, 13 Jan 2009 07:25:54 +0000 http://www.vandainmilan.com/?p=284#comment-338 Hi Gail,
Not really subsiding as much as, for the first time in weeks, not there for a while. It came back, of course, but it will go away again, I know.
I think you flatter me. I could describe it so much better.
Strange that Harley never did it. Mind you, Dino likes to follow what Rufus does!
Ciao
Andy

]]> By: Gail http://thesmediolanumlif.com/?p=284#comment-337 Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:47:37 +0000 http://www.vandainmilan.com/?p=284#comment-337 Hi Andy-

Good to hear that ‘feeling’ in the pit of your stomach is subsiding, very good indeed. I really enjoyed going along with you on your day out with friends. The food, the art, the images, I was with you.
And I really loved the Dino peeing images. :-).
Harley, even at 15+years old, never lifted his leg. Funny huh?

Love from across the pond
Gail
peace…..

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