Friday, May 12, 2006

Living with the Sunshine Boys



The older our dogs get, the more it is like living with movie characters. All night, it is up and down and up and down. Oye.

We have 3 dog beds (it would seem to make sense, we have 3 dogs). But the pup sleeps on the bed. Since he weighs less than 13 pounds, no problem. So we have 3 dog beds for 2 dogs. One would think this would be perfect.

No, it's not. Ashford spends much of the night moving from one bed to another. Ashford, much like George Burns, is old. So he can't move his toe without an old-man groan or wheeze. Then he does the Arthritis 2-step to the other bed, each step with the dog equivalent of "ouch" "ouch" "ouch".

Then at the second bed, he can't easily lay down (Arthritis again). So we have the old-man groan with the steps followed by the annoyed exhale that marks the though that this was all easier when he was younger.

This happens about once an hour.

Until 3, then more frequently, doubling about every hour. So from 3 - 4AM, he moves beds twice. From 4 - 5 AM he moves beds about 4 times. From 5-6AM, about 8 times. Sometime around 6:21 he wins the competition when Ed or I get up and let his ass outside. Where he stumbles around, pees, drinks some water and lays upstairs. And we go back to bed.

THEN SUDDENLY AT ABOUT 7:23 HE REMEMBERS HE HAS TO POOP!!!! He walks around upstairs until he wakes us up again and we race upstairs to let him out. But, it is a race we always loose. He has pooped on the bathroom floor and he is sleeping again. I think he might actually wait until he hears us get out of bed and then kind of races our tired legs from downstairs versus his ability to squeeze out a quickie.