A Dalmatian is in my house. I have written a dozen entries about this male dog, Mocha. He is really nice and smart. He looks like he can tell the exhaust sound of my scooter from others', so my family members know that I'm coming home several tens of seconds before my arrival, because he stands up with one forefoot on the bar to see me. His style is very unique and it became one of the reasons why he is famous and popular in my neighborhood.
By the way, Dalmatians are supposed to be calm and gentle dogs due to the Disney Film, "One Hundred and One Dalmatians", but it's not true. This kind of dog usually barks frequently. Mocha used to be like such a dog. My house is located in a calm housing district and the noisy sound of dog-barkings bothers the neighbors. Consequently, he was confined into a dog-training facility for two months. I wrote about it here(LINK 1). He went totally straight after the training. Two years later, however, he started barking again and was taken to the same facility again. He came back home at that time too, as though he was born again.(LINK 2)
He began barking meaninglessly again. It seems that he became delinquent again in the spring and he was sent to the same facility. It might be like a jail for him, but this rehab as we speak is really great. He will be a good boy.
(Vocabulary)
go straight (インフォーマル)(前科者などが)足を洗ってまっとうに暮らす
delinquent 非行の, 非行を働く
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