A Saturday at the Pet Fair With Ovaltine

Ovaltine is a corgi who thinks he is a much bigger dog. He is almost two years old, and last Saturday I took him to a pet fair in Pattaya, which was packed with dogs, cats, and somehow a booth selling tiny hats for hamsters. Ovaltine wanted to sniff all of it. The morning started badly. A large husky barked at him near the entrance, and my corgi puffed up his chest and barked back twice as loud. I held the leash tight and we moved on quickly. After that he was much calmer, trotting around the stalls and accepting pats from strangers who kept saying how cute his short legs were. We bought a chew toy shaped like a sausage, which he carried around like a trophy all afternoon. By the time we got home he was asleep in the car before the engine stopped. I think the fair was a success, though the hamster hats remain a mystery to both of us.