June 8 1999 on 7th Avenue

Well, Frances is the kind of dog that chases her own tail. Sometimes she looks at her tail out of the corner of one of her eyes - sort of like she is sneeking up on that tail - and then she looks away quick, as though she's trying to fool the tail into thinking she's not REALLY watching it. And then BOOM : she turns her head and jumps to her side, trying to grab the tail in her mouth - but she never quite gets to it, never quite reaches that tail. Somehow that tial is always just one inch, just one hair ahead of her. And then, after she has run around in several circles after her tail, she stops abruptly & shakes her head, and this makes a big flapping sound with her ears - she's made herself dizzy from all the running in circles! And, of course, it is a little embarrasing to be caught running after a tail! Sometimes I wonder if she knows it's HER own tail!