Random was named after the Random Inn pub in Naas where she lived. When she discovered our house and garden she used to come for a social visit and a few hours sleep in one of the dogs beds. Her owner was retiring from the Inn and asked my mother if the dog -known to her as Towser, could stay with us . Of course we were delighted. Random lived with us from then on, but returned to the pub for her dinner every day - the food was more to her taste.
Random took Sheeba, the cocker spaniel under her wing and the pair slept entwined , like the eternity symbol except in black and gold rather than black and white.
Sheeba was a wild spirit, a tree climber, loved chasing gulls across the rocks at Lahinch and her show name was Lucia of the Maybush, being born on May 1st. The year I brought her to the Cocker Show in Dublin she won hands down, the judges delighting in her happy friendly nature.
