COMMENTARY
Bob Bridge
Throughout the years I’ve written much about my two beautiful bassets, Brooke Lynn Bridge and Ralph Waldo Emerson. Each improved my quality of life.
Dogs can do that. They are loyal and loving.
Molly belonged to my Uncle Ron and Aunt Carol. She was a dachshund, familiarly known as a hot dog.
Though small, she was endowed with imagined invulnerability. On first impression, folks often grossly underestimated her.
See, Molly was fearless. She always reminded me of that adage: It’s not the dog in the fight, but the fight in the dog.
Molly was ruthless. She also was courageous, cunning, tough and full of fortitude.
How do I know?
I tagged along on many of her security missions. She served as my grandmother’s personal protector.
There are many inhospitable individuals across the planet, and we wanted to make sure none of them harmed our matriarch. Hence, following each family picnic or celebration, Uncle Ron would rustle up my grandma and me and head for her home.
We made quite an eclectic ensemble.
I was not ruthless. First, I had a Ruth in my life (my mother), and I was wary of walking into a dark home in the evening.
Molly thrived at center stage. Grandma had no sooner opened the front door with her key and Molly was nosing her way onto the premises.
She was a pup possessed. Even before the light came on, Uncle Ron issued the command:
“Search Molly, search!”
What a spectacle!
Boundless energy oozed from every pore in her body as she strategically zipped from crevice to crevice. Molly made no assumptions, left no pillow unturned in her pursuit of perpetrators.
Not only was Molly efficient, she was expeditious. Speed is paramount in the security business.
What if she discovered an intruder?
My uncle assured me this lapdog was capable of cutting off criminals just below the ankles. She was the pick of the litter, the cream of the crop.
Molly worked for free. Her strategy was strike and conquer, and her motto was virtue is its own reward.
She never failed us.
Good golly, Miss Molly!
We miss you so!
My friend, Missy Adams, also shares a warm heart for hallowed hounds. Her recently released “The Dachshund Dash” would make a great keepsake book for a special child.
I can’t imagine a life without our “best friends.” They are ideal role models for dispensing unconditional love.
Bob Bridge welcome comments at 812-276-9646 or bbbbbridge@gmailmail.com.
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