let me just say, last night, when going down for sleep, someone who is not typing this message let the dogs out. before that someone did, the person typing this message said: "Better take him on his leash, or he won't come back in. You'll be up all night waiting for him to tire out."

But the person typing this message was utterly, completely ignored.

Then the person who let the dogs out decided he'd had enough of playing coax the doggie back indoors and came to bed. And left the dog barking in the back yard. And wouldn't get up to make him stop or try to coax him indoors again.

so the person typing this message threw a hissy fit, launched herself out of bed, into her clothes, slamming doors and stomping everywhere.

"Just let him stay out there," said the person who let him out, now warmly snuggled in bed.

"BARKING ALL NIGHT???" said the person who is typing this letter who did not let the dog out.

"BRILLIANT! REALLY BRILLIANT!" stomp stomp stomp stomp.

THREE HOURS LATER I finally managed to catch the little fucker by the collar and drag him - FIGHTING ME - all the way in.


AND THEN YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED???

An hour or so later, the original doggy zippy who has for NINE YEARS been a pretty well behaved animal (except, you know, when she'd get off her leash and haul ass saying CATCH ME IF YOU CAN! NYA! NYA! NYAAA!) decides she belongs in zippy's bed - between the mr and the mrs zippy - and REFUSES TO BUDGE WHEN SHE'S TOLD TO GET DOWN. R.E.F.U.S.E.S. Looks at me like I've got two heads and was speaking Martian (which, btw, I've only JUST begun lessons in, so the odd chances she'd actually understand what I was saying in Martian was slim, at best). I finally pushed her off the bed - PUSHED HER OFF THE BED THIS FORTY POUND ANIMAL WHO'S ALWAYS BEEN SO NICE AND EAGER TO PLEASE UNTIL THIS VERY MOMENT and she LANDS WITH A THUD! She'd been THAT SURE she belonged on the bed.


AND THEN YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED??

This morning, when the doggies plural went outdoors again, younger doggy zippy is expected not to want to come back indoors, but original doggy zippy always comes running back in WHY? BECAUSE SHE'D RATHER BE INDOORS THAN OUT ALWAYS HAS - but NOOoOoOOooOoooOOOOOoOoOooOoOooOOoOo!!!!!!

SHE'S IN! SHE'S OUT! SHE'S IN! SHE'S OUT!


. . . someone is having a bad influence on our old gal. . . . someone is definitely getting a chain to poop on and obedience training PRONTO.