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    Heinrich
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    Victor wrote:
    Bertie snapped embracing blonde

    The dog does not seem to be too impressed. Must be instinct.:rolleyes:


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    ballooba
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    This might explain the look on the dogs face...
    Miriam Lord - Irish Times 01.05.2007 wrote:
    On so to the major event of the day: a trip to the Paddy Power bookies shop on Baggot Street to bet on himself winning the election.

    The company gave him a free €1,000 charity bet, with any winnings to go to the Irish Guide Dogs association. The Taoiseach was priced at 8-11.

    Siobhan Kenny was standing along the back wall holding Quando, a black Labrador puppy. The photographers lined up in front of her. Bertie barrelled in.

    Pandemonium. The Taoiseach's entourage had to beat them back. Bertie posed with the puppy. The photographers were beside themselves. They couldn't get enough of those lovely brown eyes and soft, trusting face. The puppy was lovely too.

    The Taoiseach cuddled the puppy, which began to whimper. Bertie tried to placate him. He tried to bite Bertie's finger.

    "I think he's scared," murmured the Taoiseach. "I think he's in shock," said an onlooker.

    Mercifully, the photographers abandoned the traumatised pup and directed the even more traumatised Taoiseach to the counter to place his bet.

    Photographers jostled in the small space behind the counter. On the shop floor, it was decided to bring another dog to meet the Taoiseach. "Let the dog through! Let the dog through!" cried a man from the guide dog association, and Ewan, a hefty six-month-old, was borne through the crowd and hefted onto the counter.

    Understandably, he tried to escape. "Ooooh. Oooooh. Easy. Easy," cooed the Taoiseach, like he was at a particularly fractious cabinet meeting.

    A cameraman fell off a stool in the mayhem and nearly killed the dog.


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