Smoak, Wallace’s Town Dog, RIP

Smoak looked overweight but according to the vet he wasn’t. It was all that chow-chow fur; he had the outside dimensions of an early-generation Boeing 737 but inside he was all power; he moved with a slow and regal ease that gave false premise to the concrete-busting qualities of a massive chest that over-shadowed his four-wheel-drive-and-studs forelegs. Smoak was descended from a race of dogs bred for their sled- and cart-pulling abilities on the Mongolian highlands. Indeed, Shauna would harness him to a sled in Wallace winters and they would walk the groceries home together/ David Bond , Wallace Street Journal. More here .

DFO: My old SR buddy David Bond is one of the finest writers I know. If you love dogs and good writing, you simply must follow the link to his tribute about Smoak, the chow adopted by the town of Wallace who died recently. You can thank me later.