Yeah, it occurred to me it might be a German/European thing. *shrug*
I know, I was thinking of your story as well! Let's hope 18th century Fritz knew that chocolate was bad for dogs (I'm not sure when that was discovered).
Anyway - the fearsome beasts in place of the Italian Greyhounds are lol-worthy.
And so shaggy!
Boring work meeting multitasking ETA: Also, I don't know whether opium actually repels dogs (googling says it smells/tastes strongly bitter), but I deliberately left it ambiguous whether a second, unidentified poison (in the snuff) was involved, because mystery author copout. ;)
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Re: Sachsens Glanz und Preußens Gloria: PICSPAM
Date: 2021-01-04 04:35 pm (UTC)I know, I was thinking of your story as well! Let's hope 18th century Fritz knew that chocolate was bad for dogs (I'm not sure when that was discovered).
Anyway - the fearsome beasts in place of the Italian Greyhounds are lol-worthy.
And so shaggy!
Boring work meeting multitasking ETA: Also, I don't know whether opium actually repels dogs (googling says it smells/tastes strongly bitter), but I deliberately left it ambiguous whether a second, unidentified poison (in the snuff) was involved, because mystery author copout. ;)