Friday, August 1, 2008

Ever Feel Like This?

An older, tired-looking dog wandered into my yard; I could tell
from his collar and well-fed belly that he had a home and was
well taken care of.

He calmly came over to me, I gave him a few pats on his head;
he then followed me into my house, slowly walked down the
hall, curled up in the corner and fell asleep.



An hour later, he went to the door, and I let him out.

The next day he was back, greeted me in my yard, walked inside and resumed his spot in the hall and again slept for about an hour. This continued off and on for several weeks.

Curious I pinned a note to his collar: 'I would like to find out who the owner of this wonderful sweet dog is and ask if you are aware that almost every afternoon your dog comes to my house for a nap.'

The next day he arrived for his nap, with a different note pinned to his collar: 'He lives in a home with 6 children, 2 under the age of 3 - he's trying to catch up on his sleep. Can I come with hi m tomorrow?'

5 comments:

Pedaling said...

makes me think of jen o as she has the most young kids at one time right now....i am glad those days are behind me...but though i was tired all the time, i wouldn't change em for the world!
very cute mom
thanks for sharing

Ronna said...

What a smart dog! How cute the story goes.

sandyseashells said...

We can learn a lot from animals if we pay attention! What a smart dog!

CJ, The Purple Diva said...

HOW CUTE! What a story! Loved it!

Jen said...

yeah, next time I am coming with the dog. I decided to fall asleep the other day with Taylor and threatened to other two to watch their movie and eat the popcorn but only come get me if someone is bleeding or the house is on fire. Well . . . they came in without any blood and no signs of smoke so we all took a nap! I was going to get my nap that day!