Lessons from my dog, Lenny – and why we should live by them ...Middle East

He emerged into a fearful world – two weeks after he was born, the first cases of coronavirus in the UK were confirmed – and when he arrived into our lives a few months later, he was the very quintessence of a lockdown puppy.

So, as I look today through the documents that arrived with him, I notice a leaflet entitled “Training the Dachshund”. That, I now realise, must be a joke. Everyone knows that dachshunds are virtually untrainable. “You must remember you are the boss and your dachshund must learn to respect you and obey your commands,” goes the advice, whereas more useful counsel would have been: “Remember that a dachshund is irredeemably single-minded and will not take a blind bit of notice of anything you say.”

The fight to stay young is as scary as getting old

At this point, you are probably thinking that we are terrible parents, indulgent and doting and untrainable ourselves. And you may well be right. But the very fact you are given an instruction manual when you get a dachshund must tell you that these dogs – bred to be hunters, incurably inquisitive and with a stubborn, Teutonic temperament – are not a walk in the park, even when you are walking them in the park. When you meet other dachshund owners, the first thing they say is: “Does yours also do exactly what he wants?”

I sometimes wonder how he’s made it to the grand old age of five, and in preparation for this landmark I’ve bought him some calves’ liver which I will sauté lovingly for his birthday supper. See, who said he was cosseted? The fact is that it’s very hard to deny him. That characteristically plaintive look, his personality – part cussed, but the larger part loyal, affectionate, companionable and funny – and his admirably adventurous nature make him impossible not to love in the same unconditional way he loves us.

The resolve, therefore, is to enjoy these precious days in his company, put the calves’ liver on, and to toast his – and our – enduring good fortune. Happy birthday, Lenny.

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