Spot, as many of
you readers know, is a 170-pound Harlequin Great Dane. He's also
fictional.
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He seems real, as
I've learned from the number of emails I get telling me to say hi to
Spot and give him a pet.
I based his
personality on a combination of the three Great Danes we've owned.
Same enthusiasm, same goofiness, same levity – life's a game!
Of course, real
Danes have some pretty amazing traits that Spot can only do in our
imaginations. What's my favorite? Well, it's hard to beat the way a real Great Dane, when you're sitting in a chair or on the couch, will walk around behind you and drape his giant head down over your
shoulder and lay it on your chest, his ear right next to your mouth. When you whisper into the ear of a Dane who's
doing this, you can sense the slightest movement in his head as he wags his tail. He won't lift his head up off your chest
unless you push him away. He just wants to be as close to you as
possible.
Of course, there
are some advantages to fictional Danes. They're a bit easier to
train. It's less work to pick up after them. And if you have to
suddenly leave town, there's no scramble lining up a dog-sitter.
But there's no
substitute for the real, living, breathing, wagging thing.
Can we get a teaser about the new book??? We're patiently waiting!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for writing! There's a bit of a teaser in an interview with me that just came out on a book blogger's website.
DeleteHere's the link:
http://hbsauthorspotlight.blogspot.com/2013/03/todd-borg-hbs-authors-spotlight.html