Star asks: Hey Shirelle – Every day I come from school and eat, and then I always sleep and never get the chance to look at my books, and then I always have to go to karate classes at 15:00. What can I do to stop sleeping, or at least read first before I sleep?
Hi Star –
You wrote JUST the right expert on this issue! Let me describe an average dog’s day to you: Wake up, wake up owner, go outside, do business, run around, bark at a few things, come inside, eat a little, go to sleep. Get up, bark at more things, go back to sleep. Kiss owner goodbye for day, feel horrible and abandoned, go back to sleep. Wake up, sniff around, chase something, go back to sleep missing owner. Wake up, sniff around more, not minding being alone so much, bark at what sounds like dogs walking by, go back to sleep. Wake up thinking owner’s home, realize he’s not, sniff around, chase something, eat some bit of a plant, go back to sleep. Wake up thinking owner’s home, find out you’re right, go absolutely nuts running around in circles barking to the world your ecstasy, jump all over owner ruining his clothes, play tug of war, go lie down and take a nap. Wake up when you hear owner pouring out your dinner, eat, beg for some of what owner’s eating, hopefully get some, go back to sleep. Get up at the sound of your leash, run around in circles, make it really difficult for owner to put leash over your head, go for walk pulling like crazy, get home, sniff around to find what’s happened while you were gone, go to sleep. Wake up when owner’s ready to go to bed, complain about whatever he does, go to sleep cuddled up.
Now if I’m counting right, I’m describing a dog going to sleep ten times a Continue reading