The groundhog...

February 2.  It's Groundhog Day.  And I see it is also Hedgehog Day and Marmot Day in Alaska.  It seems all of these "holidays" are related somehow to a rodent's ability to forecast the weather.  In North America, if the groundhog comes out of his den and he sees his shadow, he'll get scared and will retreat back to his den and there will be 6 more weeks of winter.  So we are hoping for a cloudy day so the little bugger stays outdoors - and we'll have an early spring.  Wonder if the mole colony in our lawn can prognosticate anything?  Besides a challenge in mowing when spring arrives.

Want to know how to awaken even the most soundly sleeping human in the middle of the night?  Do the urky gurkies.  Nope that's not a dance.  It's the telltale sound that a dog is about to throw up.  It happened the other night.  And although my human QUICKLY was roused by the sound - it was too late.  Frodo puked.  On the bed.  Ewwwwww.  And there was a logical explanation for his stomach upset....You see for SOME reason, Frodo has been OBSESSED with getting into the DFZ lately.  He will push the gate open that is held by bungee cords and will SQUEEZE himself through.  AND when my human put chairs in front of the entry and attached MORE bungee cords, he simply started chewing his way through the plastic gate.  Which did not sit well in his stomach.   So at 3AM my human ended up cleaning and throwing bedding in the laundry.  Luckily she managed to get to the "product" before Frodo and I could help ourselves.  Humans think that behavior is gross.  We dogs call it recycling.  But not to worry about Frodo - he's fine - and he had a healthy appetite the next morning.  

Well another hour before daybreak.  I must go on-line to see if our local Nova Scotian groundhog, Shubenacadie Sam, sees his shadow.  Fingers crossed he doesn't....

Have a cloudy day!