https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Strauss4572/The life and times of a crazy mongrel.hourly12000-01-01T12:00+00:00https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Strauss4572/539528It very quickly became apparent that Strauss was not going to be a cheap dog to run. Possibly he felt he had to make up for the fact that I hadn't spent hundreds of euros purchasing a poncy pedigreed puppy, I just don't know. So one Sunday morning we were walking along the beach from Marbella to...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Strauss4572/537405Anja was the only one of us to speak on the journey back. I elected to drive, and the puppy - seeming to sense that despite my lack of enthusiasm, I was going to be his new provider – lay on her lap with his tiny chin resting on my gear stick hand and his large brown eyes fixed unswervingly on my...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Strauss4572/535332I didn’t realise, when I woke up one February bank holiday, that my life was about to change forever. Would I have proceeded had I known? The jury is still out on that one… I had been thinking about getting a dog for some time. As with many people who have grown up with the creatures, a house...