"TRUST BUT VERIFY": RONALD REAGAN, MIKHAIL GORBACHEV, AND MAN, DOG, & VET

"TRUST BUT VERIFY"

MAN, DOG, AND VETERINARIAN

Ronald Reagan used to bedevil Mikhail Gorbachev by quoting what he called an old Russian proverb, "Trust but Verify." A similar attitude seems to be indicated here; the patient at Angell Memorial Animal Hospital is sitting quietly to be examined, but his legs are splayed and his ears are up.

One of a Series

"Pets & Their People"

"The Seventies"

"POLLY" AND HER PARROT

PARROT 

TO 

PERSON 

REACHING UP TO 

COMMUNICATE 

WITH ONE'S HUMAN  

Fifth in a Series of  

PEOPLE & THEIR PETS 

AT THE VET'S 

THE LADY WITH THE DOG HAVING A DOWN DAY

THE LADY 

WITH 

THE DOG 

HAVING A DOWN DAY 

This is a veterinary hospital, after all; 

not every pet can come only for a shot 

(or a well-puppy visit?). 

Fourth in a Series of 

People & Their Pets 

at the Vet's 

The Short-Haired Man 

with 

the Short-Haired Dog 

is here 

The Long-Haired Lady 

with 

the Short-Haired Dog 

is here 

The initial Lady 

with the Dog 

-- and Chekhov's -- 

are here 

THE MAN WITH THE DOG

THE SHORT-HAIRED 

MAN 

WITH THE SHORT-HAIRED DOG 

Third in a Series of 

People & Their Pets 

at the Vet's 

The Long-Haired Lady 

with 

the Short-Haired Dog 

is here 

The initial Lady 

with the Dog 

-- and Chekhov's -- 

are here 

THE LADY WITH THE DOG II

THE LONG-HAIRED 

LADY 

WITH THE 

SHORT-HAIRED DOG 

Second in a series on 

PEOPLE 

& 

THEIR PETS 

AT THE VET'S 

(The first is here) 

THE LADY WITH THE DOG

THE LADY 

WITH 

 

THE DOG 

CHEKHOV WROTE AN EXQUISITE SHORT STORY WITH THIS TITLE (in Russian, Дама ссобачкой), FROM WHICH AN EQUALLY WONDERFUL FILM WAS MADE: 

Some versions of the film are available 

here & 

here & 

here. 

Meanwhile, our lady with the (black) dog (above above) is the first of a series on: 

PEOPLE 

& 

THEIR PETS 

AT THE VET'S