«cet amour de petit chien»

[Joseph Cronin]

Thanks for the help so far.

On ne peut pas ne pas aimer sa mère.

On ne peut pas ne pas détester le fisc.

On ne peut pas ne pas rester indifférent aux mérites de «cet amour de petit chien»

dont on vous rabat les oreilles.

I have:

And one can’t but remain indifferent to the charms of that
‘adorable little dog’, when someone keeps on about it.

Am I right?

[Grégory]

"Adorable little dog" is a correct translation but "mérites" doesn't mean "charms".

[Joseph Cronin]

Oh.

The writer was a lover of dogs I think.

The virtues of that adorable little dog?

[Vedas]

Hello,

just "qualities" ?but I liked "charms"

as what other qualities than charm can you expect from a little dog?