"The Gloria Scott: The Dog That Did Something" (Rating: G)

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

Title: The Gloria Scott: The Dog That Did Something
Author: gardnerhill          
Word Count: 60
Rating: G
Warning: None.
Summary: Sherlock Holmes has a reputation among more than human beings.

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“Did I ever tell you lot about the time I laid one on Sherlock Holmes?”

The other dogs in the night-time alley clustered round – all except for one dog who did nothing.

“Aye,” said the bull-terrier, “even then I smelled ‘dog-killer’ on ‘im. Went at ‘im! Boss whipped me something fierce afore I let go. Laid ‘im out for weeks.”

Comments

[laurose8.livejournal.com]

That's a great idea. A very good bull terrier voice, too.

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

Good god, Holmes and Watson both would have been up on animal-cruelty charges before half the Canon had been told, just from the stuff they did to dogs.

I can see Trevor's bull-pup being a bit of a local hero for the canine population as the one dog who got the better of Sherlock Holmes.

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

At last, we find out the reason for the attack!

Crikey, this is perfect ^_^ I love all the references: the dog that did something, the dog who did nothing (in the night-time ^^). Holmes being a future "dog-killer" ^^" Rather sympathise with the bull-terrier now... (Hope the fact he's out and about at night doesn't mean he became a stray ^^")

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

A dog's sense of smell is 10,000,000 times more acute than a human's nose, and they can sense pheromones that inform them of character and social standing. It wasn't a far stretch to think that a dog could sense "future canine serial-killer" and do his part.

Not sure if the dog's a stray at this point - maybe he snuck out to socialize with his wilder mates in the alleys.

[marta-bee.livejournal.com]

Ha! As much as I love those two, "men-canines-have-reason-to-love" is not the first description that springs to mind. Great character voice here.

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

Same way I had Toby not-like Dr. Watson in "The One At Number 7" - he smells like lab-coats and carbolic, like the men who dissect dead dogs.

Thanks. I figured a bull terrier would sound like a Cockney boxer.

[debriswoman]

Love the voice of the bull-terrier, and the canonically unresponding hound...and everything else:-)

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I figured a bull-terrier would sound like a Cockney boxer, and I couldn't have a cadre of Holmesian dogs gather without the Dog That Did Nothing in the Night-Time.

[debriswoman]

Sound thinking:-)