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    Brighton Flash Mob
    Brighton Flash Mob
    Brighton Flash Mob
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    Brighton Flash Mob

    By Otto Vernon

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    Molly, being a Staffy, looked scary but was actually a gentle soul who never showed aggression.

    The problem was that, like her owner, Jan, she was plagued by neuroses. Jan’s way of coping with Molly’s fears was to keep her away from people. However, when she joined a group of Flyball players she and her partner, Sadie, thought this might solve Molly’s problems. It didn’t. Step in Dot who will be known to those who have read about Ping. Dot - gruff, loud and untidy - preferred dogs to people and to her mind Molly needed more confidence. In this thoughtful and funny companion to Otto Vernon’s other dog tails, we are in Brighton. Enjoy the excitement of Flyball and hearing how Molly and Jan gradually overcome their issues.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOtto Vernon
    Release dateNov 5, 2019
    ISBN9781916244030
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      Brighton Flash Mob - Otto Vernon

      A dog with potential

      Jan had studs round one nostril, an arm that was almost black with tattoos, and a mohican main standing upright in a line across her scalp, which was coloured green. Molly, her dog, looked just as scary. She had thick set shoulders, a coat that was two shades of brown with little bits of gold in it, and a broad forehead which made everyone think she was pure Staffy. In truth, she was probably a mix of breeds. She and Jan had taken to each other the minute they’d made eye contact through the glass at the dog rescue centre.

      Molly had spent months there, watching others come and go and tolerating the kindness of the staff, which was prompted by them feeling sorry for her. So, it was surprising and wonderful when the gate at the back of her enclosure was opened and she’d been ushered out to a battered old van and told to jump up into the front seat.

      After that, life only got better, especially the long rambles up to the Downs and her position of preeminence in the van, which she was left to guard as Jan tended lawns, trimmed hedges and cleared flower beds. She loved being a gardener’s dog and she loved Jan. She was attached to her other owner, Sadie, who was Jan’s partner, but the person she’d really bonded with was Jan.

      So far, so normal. It isn’t uncommon for a dog to feel a special affection for one of its owners. But Molly was far from normal. She had a host of problems, which started to come to light soon after she’d been adopted. Actually, they came to light on the first night in her new home. When the kitchen door had been closed and Molly had found herself alone with a humming fridge, she’d started whining and fretting, then barking in fear.

      Sadie and Jan, not really knowing what was wrong, sat upright in bed, listening intently and hoping the barking would stop. It didn’t. Their thoughts turned next to the neighbours. Could they hear their dog, were they being disturbed? Old Mrs Neill to their left was deaf so that wasn’t a problem. Mr Khan to their right, on the other hand, had a positively canine sense of hearing. Moreover, the Khans were never shy to complain about anything the girls did. Why Mr Khan, only the other day, had asked Sadie, whose appearance was conventional in every way, why Jan had to have her hair cut in an unfeminine way and had it coloured so it looked artificial.

      The very thought of Mr Khan made Jan go downstairs where Molly was cowering with such fear in her eyes that Jan couldn’t find it in herself to be angry with her. She’d moved her bed to the top of the landing, just outside the bedroom door, and quietness had ensued. The Khans were bound to comment on the new dog but any grounds for complaint had been nullified. The same rigmarole followed on day two and on the third day they didn’t even try locking her in the kitchen, they moved her bed permanently to the

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