Dogs' tales

I met the charming Eurodog outside a chocolate shop in La Grande Place in Brussels a couple of weeks ago. She is delightful and told me many interesting tales, including the disasters of Belgian politics and that of a dog which drinks champagne every morning and tea every afternoon. Regarding Belgium, she thinks the country will split but, in my view, the European Parliament's there anyway so why does Belgium need its own government? Yesterday, I lunched with the new bride, my Californian friend Carter who told me that Peggy Guggenheim used to feed her dogs foie gras and wondered why they died so young. When a vet suggested the reason, she took that out of the diet and they lived for 15 years.