Toff – Angel Dog Diary

The Pedigree Club held its traditional New Year’s Day Parade. Technically, Zorro was allowed to walk with the Carolina Dogs, but he was not interested. “If Loba can’t be in the parade, I won’t go either,” he said.

This year Goldie was the Parade Queen and on the big float. She sat on a raised throne bed with a crown on her head and scepter in hand, while dressed in long, golden sheets of cloth surrounded by lots of dancing Golden Retrievers. It was a spectacle to see.

Behind came Toff in his top hat, driving a black Mustang, and, and, and wait!!! “Zorrooo,” shouted Loba, “you didn’t”!

Zorro hanged his head. “Yes, I did, I had to pay salary to all the staff Goldie has hired, we are broke.”

Zorro had sold his Mustang to Toff to pay the bills at Zorro’s Zecurity. He assured Loba he would make the money back. I wonder how 2022 will go?

We have a new arrival in Doggy Heaven, a somewhat “large” Basset called Toff. The dogs are whispering that Toff was very rich on Earth, his family owned a dog food factory. Toff had a billion tins of dog food, the soft and meaty, yummy type. He may have been the richest dog on Earth.

Toff is strolling in the park with a pack of curious admirers. “Stupid,” says Loba, “he was not able to bring the tins with him to Heaven. Toff is not interesting without his tins; he does not want to play.”

A black Labrador called Charlie told me that Toff was a good dog on Earth, he gave a lot of free food to homeless shelters. Loba scoffed, “only because he realized he had no friends after hogging all the food for himself and the tins were out of date and unsaleable anyway. Toff does not really care about the homeless dogs. He only cares about himself.”

Charlie did not agree, he said Toff had created a yearly award of 1000 tins to feed deserving street dogs. It is called The Toff Award.

“Yeah,” said Loba, “it is tax deductible.”

Then Charlie called Loba negative, I guess that is to expect from a permanently positive Labrador.

Toff is walking with a confident stride. I think I keep out of his way; he reminds me of the bully dogs.