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Later that night you give him a digestible meal of boiled potatoes and soft aspic. He eats without complaint and then goes to his room to fetch his soft toys to play with. He sits on his knees, waddling them across the floor, not speaking nor betraying any emotion on his face. He takes a bedtime bath without complaint and washes behind his ears. He changes into his nighttime clothes and when you tuck him in and kiss his forehead goodnight, you can hear, so faintly, the rasping in his lungs that betrays that he shan't see his twentieth year

Oil on wood , 100 x 100 cm. 39.4 x 39.4 in.

William Frank Calderon (British, 1865–1943), "A Lady of Quality – A Borzoi on a Chaise Longue", 1913

The S

Another borzoi who has no respect for my artistic pursuits and would rather I pay attention to him at all times

But it's our's????