Bao is besotted. Bao is in love. He can hardly wait to get out for his walk in the morning, and he heads straight for the beach. Yes, the beach. Can you believe this? When he spots his beloved -- a one year old Shih Tzu -- he dashes heedlessly through sand, water, tidal pools and anything else that stands between them.

This would all be really cute except for one, small detail. (Well, maybe it's not such a small detail) Bao's beloved is a boy. Bao's beloved's name is Benji.

Nothing like this has ever happened before. Bao likes girls. He's always liked girls. He's even made puppies. I have never seen him react to a male dog this way. Bao doesn't want to run, or play with Benji. All he wants to do is sniff Benji's nether regions. Sniff, sniff, sniff. Even Benji got sick of it after ten minutes.

Actually, it was embarrassing. Benji belongs to a young family. The kids asked, Daddy, what's that dog doing to Benji?

He's smelling him, darling.

But why?

They weren't on the beach this morning. They've probably gone home. Bao sniffed and peed everywhere, just in case.

What's this about? Does anyone know?