a thread of paul mccartney and martha the sheepdog for #InternationalDogDay #NationalDogDay
paul (and jane) bought martha in 1966.

"Martha was my first ever pet I never had a dog or a cat at home. My parents both went out to work, which was why we couldn’t have any. even when one terrible day they were giving away puppies!"
here's paul's first pic with martha the day he got her! her mother is beside him.
"I remember John being amazed to see me being so loving to an animal. He said, 'I’ve never seen you like that before.’ I’ve since thought, you know, he wouldn’t have. It’s only when you’re cuddling around with a dog that you’re in that mode, and she was a very cuddly dog."
linda and martha!
queen
as everyone knows, paul wrote a song for her called "martha my dear" which he also plays every instrument on. it was originally a piano exercise then the song came to him as he practiced.
martha unfortunately passed away in 1981 at the age of 15 on the farm in mull of kintyre. apparently paul spent hours crying in the barn where she died.
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