Life Is Better With A Dog

Barney, the Wonder Dog, starts his day when his breakfast is ready, but he will not eat without a tiny appetizer to wet his palate. He needs a few seconds for the food flavor to register in his brain … then, as he puts it, “I could eat”. 

He and BeBe go on a nature walk after breakfast, I see them a couple pastures away … well, I can see the Wonder Dog’s white fur and curled tail, it’s like a flag. BeBe’s fur blends into the landscape, she is completely stealth, unless she jumps in the air chasing a flying bug or flushes out some birds.

When Barney has “marked” everything that needs marking, he hot foots it to the back door.  At the door, he politely waits for an invitation to enter the house and lets me know a dog cookie would be a nice reward for the patrolling he has just completed.  He doesn’t get one, but he always asks me, “Wanna get me a cookie?”. 

He crawls back on his orthopedic bed, stares at me for a long time, does a little personal grooming and takes his much deserved morning nap.  Life is better with a dog!