So yesterday my human had a RARE day
off. She has a crazy schedule all summer
– but did have a day off in between the craziness – so she had plans to
relax. And get a good night’s sleep the
night before. But we canines had other
plans in mind.
We started around midnight. The weather is finally nice enough to leave
some windows open – which means we can hear the sounds of nature around
us. The birds in the trees. The peepers (which are little frogs). And the sound of the wind. But of course, having the super acute hearing
that we canines have – we can hear OTHER things. And if one of us hears something, or THINKS
he hears something, it results in a raucous STAMPEDE from the bedroom, down the
hall and into the kitchen. I started the
first round. I gave the signal, stared the barking and running, and the other
two followed and joined in the chorus. Seriously – I THOUGHT I heard something. I should note that we were being SUPER
vigilant because the other night SOMETHING knocked over our garbage can outside
and made a mess. Mind you - NONE of us
made a sound THAT night.
So we needed to make up for our poor
guarding duties the night before. The
first round woke my human up – and she told us to go back to sleep. Which we did.
Only to have another stampede a half hour later. And then another one. And another.
And ANOTHER. At which point, my
human, the party pooper said “ENOUGH!” and blocked us IN the bedroom with one
of the dreaded baby gates. That put a
prompt end to the stampede game.
Yesterday morning, there were no signs of
any mysterious creatures in our yard.
The garbage was intact and the only thing looking ragged was my human.
What a super way to start a day off!
But at least she knew she was safe all
night!
© Linda
Wozniak
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