Dogs and Religion

Islay has become a Buddhist - or maybe she was a Buddhist all along and just didn't have the opportunity to demonstrate it before!
My friend took her off to Hardwicke to have a good time and, as it was quite cold, she dug out one of her old dog's coats for Islay to wear, and she tied it on with one of those Buddhist scarfs that monks give as a sort of blessing.
Her neighbour used to be a Buddhist monk, and on this day they went round to visit. Islay walked straight up to his altar and sat down in front of it.

Islay has been coming to Mass with me regularly over Lent, but I'm afraid she finds the service rather boring - and she has to be given a leg up to sit on the pew. She will be continuing to accompany me, because she does like Father Richard and Jimmy the Curate, but in future, if she's seen sitting in the window, she will in fact be meditating. I think that the Japanese call meditation 'sitting', and she's very good at sitting!