Smoking Spaniel's Owner Quits Pipe

A dog lover has been forced to quit smoking after he was diagnosed with diabetes.

12:21 13 April 2015

Padraic Sirr and his 18-month old dog King Charles Spaniel are well known for smoking pipe together. Although the dog never really smoke but just copies his owner by putting the pipe into his mouth, the pair must end their mutual passion for pipe smoking. 

 

Padraic, from Glinsk in County Galway, explained: “I was a heavy smoker up until two weeks ago when the doctor told me I’d have to give it up.

 

“The dog has been copying me since he was a small pup and even though there’s nothing in the pipe I give him, he loves holding it in his mouth.

 

“He gets fierce excited when I ask him where his pipe is and will jump up to the drawer on the dresser where we keep it, as he knows well where it is.

 

“If I had time to train him I reckon he’d be on the telly as he’s incredibly intelligent and understands every word that is said to him.

 

"I spend hours chatting to him and we have great fun together. He’s certainly not like any of the dogs I’ve had before, that’s for sure.”