THIS BITCH WAS A LUSH!

 Life was simpler back in the late 70's. We had not yet filled our home or  bodies with lots of stuff that required maintenance. Without the distractions of cable TV and technology our friends got together  nightly, partying and playing bridge! Our first house was located close to all the bars in Cleveland Heights. As a result, our first child, Holly, an English Springer spaniel was surrounded by Stroh's beer bottles almost every day.

Constantly surrounded by adults, Holly was a precocious pup. I spent hours training her to do tricks, including the classic "roll over."

 Any bottle of beer left on the floor  immediately became Holly's.

Having positioned the bottle of beer between her two front paws she would roll over on her back and chug it.

Bill's older brother Bobby (in the blue leisure suit) was a career army sargeant.  Bobby taught Holly a trick worthy of David Letterman's Stupid Pet Tricks. He would bark at her, "What does that girl do for her money?"
Our sweet little Holly would immediately drop to the floor, roll onto her back and throw all four  legs straight up in the air!

Our friends with children would remark how much different life would be once we had a real baby. Yes, life changed for us and for Holly!

Holly was perfectly trained in less than a year and thirty years later we are still working on Greg.

Discussions regarding who is the real bitch in the first photo should include Liz Anson-Talbot. How cute was Liz back then?!!!!!