My son and his wife have a little Cairn terrier, named Slater (after the surfer), and that makes us, so they say, “grandparents of a grand-dog.” His favorite activity is to look out windows and give people and animals grief for invading his own territory. Our Bichon Frise finds him mildly entertaining. Lukas and Annika are hanging out at minor league ballparks in Florida, so Slater is with us now. He had to slow down to my sedate lifestyle of reading and writing, but he’s done well.