August 28, 2005
Chiwawa, chihuahua in livesaving gear
It is a little known fact that THE most popular search term on this blog is the misspelling of chihuahua. That is, in spite of my unusually erudite subject selectiion, over 130 folks a day find me by googling "chiwawa". In order to please their fanciers, I keep my eyes open for chihuahua shots..
I hit the jackpot for the costumed chihuahua this weekend. This little sweetie had just been for a swim in heavy currrents with his twin (no posing for this pair, an active and twitchy breed) and was shot crossing the mudflats, still buckled into his lifejacket.
I suppose that I could treat this as a metaphorophoto, and make much of the sacred meaning, the horrors of chihua-hente, not withstanding -- but how are we to understand the orange lifejacket? Certainly not in the context of preparation for H5N1. I wouldn't want to be caught beating a dead horse in a dog entry.
