Dogs in Europe are different from dogs in the US. They’re
more likely to be insured, they’re more welcome in shops and restaurants, and
they’re less likely to become strays. Specific breeds are remarkably different
from their counterparts across the pond. Yorkies in Yorkshire, for example, are
bigger and less neurotic than the ones I’ve met here. British Labradors are
smaller, slimmer, calmer and more relaxed than Labs in the States. They don’t gnaw
on furniture, and they’re not driven to escape like American Labs. I pictured the British variety when I read the adventures of a young Lab called Noodle. Noodle was
on a ferry in the Tyrrhenian Sea when he slipped his collar and went overboard
October 24. The pasta-colored pup doggy-paddled for hours before being rescued
by members of a yacht club off the coast of Naples. Noodle was then warmed with
a blow-dryer and returned to his happy owner.
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