WHILE THE CAT'S AWAY...

The mice will play.  So they say.  Who the heck are they?  And who cares where the cat is anyway?  But Mom says, the cat has something to do with the trouble I got in again.

Here's what happened:

Mom and Dad went back to Arizona for 10 days.  And they didn't take me!  What's that about?  I love Arizona.  They didn't even ask if I wanted to go.  No, instead they made me stay home, "to protect the house", they told me.  The house doesn't need protecting when we're all in Arizona in the winter.  Why does it need ME to protect it now? 

Anyway, they let me stay with Kelley.  I like Kelley.  She takes me on walks and lets me sleep where I want.  And rubs my belly.  I have Kelley trained pretty well!

But 10 days is a lot of time.  And I was pretty good for most of it.  You can ask Kelley.  She'll tell you.  I did everything she told me to.  But usually she just stays for 4 or 5 days.  And after that, I started thinking that Mom and Dad might not be coming back.  That got me worried.  What if they didn't come back?  What if they stayed in Arizona without me?  Didn't they love me anymore?  I was very upset.

So one day, after Kelley took me for a walk, she went to work.  She works just a couple of blocks away.  Mom showed me where she works at Commerce Bank, and it's not far away.   So I know she would be back before long.  But all of a sudden, I got really nervous and went upstairs and jumped on my bed.  I was worried that Mom and Dad wouldn't come back.  So I wanted to find something that smelled like them.  And on the bed was Mom's favorite down pillow.  I remember down pillows from Arizona.  And this one smelled just like Mom.  AND it had all those wonderful down feathers inside.  I just started nipping at the corner of the pillow.  It smelled just like Mom.  It felt so soft.  And all of a sudden the down feathers were coming out.  I don't know how it happened!

All of a sudden, I heard the door open.  I quick hid the pillow and sat on the bed looking as innocent as I could.  Didn't I do a good job?

I thought I did.  And Kelley just looked at me and cried.  Why would she cry?  It was just a pillow.  I kissed her and asked her not to tell my Mom and Dad.  Dad especially, cuz he would be really mad.  She didn't say whether she would or not.

 

But the next day?  The pillows were all arranged just like Mom does in Arizona.  The down pillows in the back and the other pillows up front.  And do you know what?  The ordinary pillows up front tasted like that awful Apple sour stuff that Mom used in Arizona to keep me from chewing pillows out there.  Do you think Kelley knows about that stuff?  Do you think she might have told me Mom?  I'm guessing she did.  Oh well.  I probably should stop chewing up those down pillows.  But they are sooooo fun!  I promise I will try to be good.

 

Hope you have better willpower than I seem to have.  How can I get better? 

 

I would love to hear from you on how to be a better puppy.

 

Love, G.