Tuesday, June 16, 2015

Late night stampede


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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