My lovely dog

Chloe — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:49:53 +0000

My lovely dog, Pearl (well I couldn’t call her ‘Molar’ or ‘Canine’ could I?) has a number of wonderful assets.
Apart from having a fabulous sense of humour, well honed interpersonal skills, the athleticism of something big and springy, and a razor-sharp mind, she’s also an exceptional marketing tool.
Pearl is a Large Munsterlander, a breed not extensively known in the UK. She (and other Munsties) look rather like a large, black and white springer. One of their identifying features is a love of yoghurt. She is by my own admission, very distinctive and very pretty. However I am bemused why other walkers or runners know my dog. Case in point: coming down from Hampsfell this morning two delightful ladies were having a mug of tea and a shortbread biscuit (Booths notice detail such as biscuit type…). Their two lovely dogs were making friends with mine, and all of a sudden one of the ladies asked me if it really were ‘Pearl The Munsterlander’. I hadn’t told the lady Pearl’s name, or that she were a Munsterlander. The conversation progressed, and it transpires that the lady knew that I were in dentistry, where I lived and several other details about me and Pearl. I’m quite sure she wasn’t a Derek Acorah type, but it was a bit odd…
This isn’t the first time this has happened. On another fell a few weeks ago, two walkers were waiting at a gate, obviously looking to stop and chat to Pearl. They greeted her by name, and again I was rather bemused. I asked how they knew her name, and they couldn’t tell me, just that they knew there was a Large Munsterlander in the area (what? Like a Big Cat?) and knew their dogs so put two and two together and got Pearl. Again, subsequent dental conversation followed.
All this recognition of Pearl business got me thinking. Can there be any link with this and dentistry, as after a doggy conversation, a dental conversation followed in these incidents.
So here’s my Einstein bit. At Total Dental, we like people who like people (and people who like dogs !!!). We like people who spend time with other people and who have an appreciation of good quality (we picked Pearl and her Aunty Ruby because a vet told us that Munsterlanders were fine quality dogs).
We are always pleased to meet more people who think they will like us, perhaps through recommendation through a friend. And of course, a chat is always a pleasure for us, and with our compliments. You can be absolutely assured that you will find the quality of our service and care second to none.
Pearl is always pleased to meet people with shortbread biscuits or a yoghurt (or both).

AA men, locksmiths

Chloe — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 12:55:17 +0000

So, I’ve had my Slimming World approved breakfast (lost a stone now people), and in the further quest for Lara, am ready to go and run Whitbarrow Scar.

My outdoor adventures require a lot of kit (lucozade, ipods, Munsterlanders, change of clothes so as not to offend the parents on a Sunday afternoon with loathsome outdoor smells …etc.etc). Said kit traipsed to the front door. Key in lock. Turn. Or not. The bolt to my one and only door in and out of my maisonette flat is outright refusing to move.

So here I am writing my blog whilst waiting for the emergency locksmith to come and rescue me.

It’s been a peculiar old week, involving several embarrassing incidents. Happily I started my ‘official’ dental nurse training this week at Westmorland Hospital with the lovely people at Training 2000. Having had to forfeit my first lesson to drop matey off at the train station (www.skeletoncoastexpedition.com), I was keen to make a good impression (be on time, new pencil case etc.). However, I had been playing Russian Roulette with my beloved old LandRover’s diesel dial for a few journeys when Lady Luck decided to kick me in the teeth. The tricksy dial had been telling me lies again, and Defender 90 konked out agonisingly close to Crooklands Garage. One embarrassing call to the lovely people at the AA, and on the road again, arriving only half an hour late for my NVQ Level 3 Dental Nursing class.

Aren’t the AA brilliant? One of the very few organisations or people who unflaggingly turn up much earlier than expected. And with the doorbell ringing, local locksmiths too…

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My lovely dog

AA men, locksmiths