As a dog owner myself I can only sympathise, Professor.(Features) From: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales) | Date: February 19, 2004 | COPYRIGHT 2004 MGN Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: ByRHODRI OWEN Western Mail

As a lousy chemist and the owner of a highly unpredictable chocolate labrador, I feel a distinct sense of empathy with Professor Colin Pillinger.

I first realised the force behind Britain's Beagle 2 mission to Mars was a man after my own heart when I read an interview with him in a newspaper a couple of years ago.

'I was a disaster as a science student,' declared Prof Pillinger of his time as a chemistry undergrad...