Since we have so many dog lovers here, I thought I'd tell you about my pride and joy, Daisy, a Cairn Terrier in the image of Toto.

We subscribe to our local theater company's musical theater series. Last year they announced they were doing a production of the Wizard of OZ. Well, I knew the producer and I told her that I had a cairn and if they needed to use her for the production, I'd be happy to have them hire a trainer to train her and use her as Toto.
The producer asked for her picture and I put the whole thing out of my mind. Just before PIP they called, Daisy went to meet the producer and choreographer and she was given the role.

The production is professional (Edd Hall from the Tonight Show is the Wizard among others you might not know). The costumes won a Tony award and Mickey Rooney played the Wizard in the last production on Broadway.

Anyway, they gave me her script and I taught her all of the tasks. She's in almost every scene of this play. I have never had a show dog - all my dogs except Daisy have been rescue dogs and Daisy is my pet. We were happy if they were housebroken, sat, stayed and came when called. Shake paws was a bonus.

When we got back from PIP the producer had changed and the production was bumped up into something much bigger than it was originally.

Daisy will be on local TV next week with Dorothy doing a promo and there are several other appearances she will make to promote the play.

Talk about interesting diversions between cruising, travel and work!!!