I have spoken about this several times and it’s only gets worse. This Saturday morning, I was awaken at just a
little after 5 am. I don’t know how/why
it happens but it does and when it does to you, it a surprise at first but par
for the course thereafter. My life use
to be simple with nothing to do but decide what we wanted to watch on TV and
what kind of snack you get before bedtime and now even this has changed.
If
you’re a Border Collie owner, you know exactly what I mean. This Saturday morning right after 5 am,
Dutchess moved even closer (on top) of me in the bed because she was cold, and
when she moved, Abby decided it was face washing time and even Annie got into
the picture by getting on the other side of Dutchess and laying on my hand. So here I was Dutchess laying against my
back, Abby licking my face and Annie laying on my hand, I was trapped.
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| Abby waiting to wash... |
I was so tired and just wanted to sleep and desperately
tried, but to no avail. Things really
went downhill when Abby licked me so much, not only was my face wet, I had to
turn the pillow over to get a dry spot and it was still 5:10 am. Enough is enough…I got up and moved to the
recliner where I could lean back and get a little cat nap before time to get up. After stretching out and closing my eyes,
Molly sitting next to me decided she wanted to paw my arm for attention, which she
did about every 10 minutes or when I would drift off and my hand fell off her
head. Funny how things change when you
get a dog…
One
thing that is so funny is when Dutchess is fast asleep and you need to move her
around the bed so you can at least have part of the bed, she will “talk” to you
in dog “talk” telling you how upset she is.
There is no doubt that she is not pleased with the move but needs her
beauty sleep but at times I wondered if it was worth it. I guess the fact is, it’s worth it to them if
I got up and moved yesterday morning.
When
we do settle down for TV time at night, after an hour or two, I usually get a
hankering for a small snack. I will go
to the snack cabinet and pick something out not only for me, but also something
that the dogs will like because every time I sit with a snack, I get one bite,
then Dutchess, then Abby, then Clancy and so on. After nine snacks have been handed out, I finally
get one again. I just hope they don’t
figure out that I break theirs in half.
Dutchess will give me the evil eye if I go out of order and I usually find
myself at the grocery store asking “will the dogs like this”, and usually the
answer is yes but peanuts are not one of Abby’s favorites and I’m waiting for a
snack list from them. If it’s a little
past our snack time, Dutchess will get up…look at me…bark…walk to the snack
cabinet…bark and you know it’s time for a snack, so don’t run out, they’ll be
sure to let you know…
Mine
sure have some idiosyncrasies and I always find myself thinking “what would the
dogs want” I’m just glad they can’t drive…but do they want to?
I’ve always wondered what some other BC’s parents do and if I’m the
crazy one… Ken
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