A dog’s sneeze is almost always funny. When a dog is going to sneeze, he gets a look in his eye and a tilt to the head meaning “stand back…..” I invariably congratulate Sophie on an excellent sneeze because it seems like such an accomplishment.
If a classic dog sneeze is funny, Sophie’s sneezes last week were hilarious. They would start at the tip of her nose and run through her body and escape out her tail. The sneeze would shake her whole body and she’d look a little tired afterwards. It was quite a spectacle.
I was describing these new sneezes to a co-worker who did not laugh along with me. Instead, she suggested that Sophie might have a foxtail in her nose. Foxtail is a nasty grass top that can get into a dog’s nose and work its way into its lungs.
Now, I’m wishing it was something simple like foxtail.
