Doggie diary: The story of Rosie and Sophie Graduation day from dog training

The puppies are done with training and, while we don’t always realize it, they’re doing fairly well. They are a smart pair — and any problems we are having are really our fault. We’re pushovers.

In any case, the trainer, Pat, dressed them in caps and gowns — a goofy thing that I wasn’t crazy about (dogs, after all, never seem all that comfortable in clothing and I find all those goofy photos I see on the Web and elsewhere a bit, well, goofy). But they were cute in their red caps and gowns, as you can see from the photos, and Annie really enjoyed it.

I like the red, myself. It reminds me of my Rutgers graduation — I was in black and the female grads were in red, like my female pups.

What I find interesting is that they seem to have the same expression on their faces as I did when I had to wear the cap and gown during my Rutgers graduation — a mix of happiness, finality and utter annoyance at the officiousness.

But then, I’m probably reading way too much into it.

Author: hankkalet

Hank Kalet is a poet and freelance journalist. He is the economic needs reporter for NJ Spotlight, teaches journalism at Rutgers University and writing at Middlesex County College and Brookdale Community College. He writes a semi-monthly column for the Progressive Populist. He is a lifelong fan of the New York Mets and New York Knicks, drinks too much coffee and attends as many Bruce Springsteen concerts as his meager finances will allow. He lives in South Brunswick with his wife Annie. View all posts by hankkalet