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Life as a Dog

A Typical Day in the Life of Me

Sigh. It's the same thing everyday. Sleep on the bed, someone kicks me and I move to the floor to sleep on my dog bed, wake up, see my parents still sleeping and go back to sleep. Then the alarm goes off... it's TREAT TIME!!!! My mom rolls over as I greet her with my cold wet nose - it helps to get her out of bed. I get so excited that I promptly sit in front of the bedroom door to show I have business I need to take care of. Me and my brother race upstairs and sit as still as we can while the treat jar opens and each of us get one milkbone. Once business is done, I retreat back downstairs to mom's side of the bed and curl up on her pillow - it's still warm and smells like her shampoo. I sleep until my dad wakes up. He usually sleeps until 11am, which is fine because I can sleep allll day with no problem! Once he's up, he lets me into the backyard with my brother and we play outside for a few minutes until the rain has soaked us and then we come back in, with muddy paws, which we promptly track around the house until they aren't dirty anymore. Why would we want to be any dirtier than anyone else?

My dad usually grumbles but I know he secretly thinks it's funny that it gives my mom one more thing to clean up. After that, my brother and I play with our toys until about 5pm. Then it's DINNER TIME!!!! This is usually when our parents think they are being loved by us... my brother and I usually start nudging our parents and licking them, tricking them into feeding us. I heard my mom say, "It's their signal that it's dinner time". Drat, I think they have caught on.

Dinner time is usually a big event. It causes me to bark so loud because I just don't think they are fast enough at serving my brother and I. Max (my brother) usually drools alot. He is sort of out of control so my mom or dad has to tell him to "stay" in order to make sure he doesn't knock his food over. Once it's dinner time, it's pretty quiet for the whole minute it takes me to eat. Then I have to sniff Max's bowl. After all, what if he left something behind?

After dinner, my mom comes home and we get so excited because we know if we love her enough, she will give us ANOTHER treat! Usually she does and then I take a nap until she has made her and dad's dinner. It's back to work! My brother and I are the designated floor and dish washers. Anything that gets dropped doesn't get a second to land. We guard my mom when she carries dinner to the table... what if something hits the floor then? I don't want her to have to bend down and clean it up! My brother still hasn't figured out you can't walk in front of her because if he does, he sometimes almost trips her. Wait... wow... he's really smart... if he trips her, the food falls on the floor and then WE get it. I guess I like the rug rat.

After they are done with dinner, my parents usually go downstairs to watch a movie. I don't like loud noises so I sleep by the heater in the office while makes sleeps with them. When the movie is over, I come back downstairs and we all go to sleep!