One Smart Puppy

This weekend we had guests. Shay usually thinks all people who come to the house come for her. She was excited to greet the friends at five. She showed them around and accepted the love she was shown.

Six is her normal dinner time and Russ made sure she was not let down. While the humans had dinner she hung on her bed Russ placed beside him in the dining room. After Russ finished eating she demanded to sit on his lap with her head on the table.

By 7:30 she was not happy we were still at the table. She came up to me and started demanding my attention. It was time for her to go up to her home base, our bed. She wanted to herd me up there.

Russ picked her up up and carried her up to bed like a toddler who had stayed up too late. We never heard another peep from her until Russ and I came up to bed at 11:45.

We came in our room and found her snuggled on our bed with her head buried to shield her eyes from the lights that were left on. She didn’t wake when we got into bed. This baby knew when her bed time was and she made sure to get her beauty sleep.

I don’t blame her. I have not gotten enough sleep all weekend. After our friends enjoyed breakfast with us they got on the road and I watched the men’s basketball game on the Olympics before going to teach mah Jongg.

I came home to Shay wanting to herd me up to bed. I am going with her tonight. I think she knows when we need sleep. She’s one smart puppy.