Dodo has a very nice special smell. I am not quite sure how to describe it but it is definitely not the usual ‘doggy’ smell emanating from dogs who have not been bathed in a while or who are suffering from some skin ailments.
It’s a smell very peculiar to her. It’s not the smell of perfume or soap. It’s like how babies generally have a special 'baby smell', which they somehow lose when they start to grow up. Thankfully, Dodo never grew out of that 'Dodo smell' and it accompanied her from her puppy days to senior days.
I loved to smell her head and her paws. I used to think I was alone in my fondness for smelling her paws. Subsequently, I came across a book whereby an author mentioned that her dad enjoyed doing that too – the smell on their dog’s paw told stories of where their dog had been and his adventures. I don’t quite go as far as that – where I am concerned, no smelling of paws on days when Dodo has been out of the house.
I wish I can smell that special 'Dodo smell' once again, but I know it’s just not going to happen.
Dodo’s jie-jie
It’s a smell very peculiar to her. It’s not the smell of perfume or soap. It’s like how babies generally have a special 'baby smell', which they somehow lose when they start to grow up. Thankfully, Dodo never grew out of that 'Dodo smell' and it accompanied her from her puppy days to senior days.
I loved to smell her head and her paws. I used to think I was alone in my fondness for smelling her paws. Subsequently, I came across a book whereby an author mentioned that her dad enjoyed doing that too – the smell on their dog’s paw told stories of where their dog had been and his adventures. I don’t quite go as far as that – where I am concerned, no smelling of paws on days when Dodo has been out of the house.
I wish I can smell that special 'Dodo smell' once again, but I know it’s just not going to happen.
Dodo’s jie-jie
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