At this exact moment, Nora is shouting extremely loudly from her bedroom, hoping somebody will rescue her. If we go in to check on her, she greets us with a big smile and a giggle, which is a little hard to resist. So we're ignoring her (she should have been asleep an hour ago). I've heard many new parents say it is incredibly difficult* to listen to their children cry out for them. However, after almost seven years of papillon ownership, the shouts of the-baby-who-does-not-want-to-go-to-sleep are, frankly, soothing in comparison to the noises Gatsby can generate. Indefinitely, as far as we can tell. If he is somewhere he doesn't want to be (his crate in the basement, for example, after he's decided he wants out) he will bark. Without ceasing. For up to six hours. And I say "up to" six hours, because that was as long as we lasted. And then we let him out. Nora has yet to scream for six hours straight.
A coworker recently mentioned that she couldn't believe how much her life changed with the birth of her children. She remarked that once they were born all she and her husband did was sit around and stare at the baby and she couldn't believe that was something she was doing for fun, and was actually enjoying. I resisted the urge to tell her that we've been sitting around staring at the DOGS for fun for years, and when Nora the biggest change on that end was just the fact that there was a new being to ogle.
Gatsby is not a morning dog.
Bodi would prefer to do this. All day.
A coworker recently mentioned that she couldn't believe how much her life changed with the birth of her children. She remarked that once they were born all she and her husband did was sit around and stare at the baby and she couldn't believe that was something she was doing for fun, and was actually enjoying. I resisted the urge to tell her that we've been sitting around staring at the DOGS for fun for years, and when Nora the biggest change on that end was just the fact that there was a new being to ogle.
*Nora has one particularly awful cry that involves whimpering that I cannot handle. I always rescue her.
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