Monday, January 01, 2007

how to exhaust a dog


the poor dog is beyond exhasted i think. she's had about 8 hrs sleep in the last 24 hrs (not much for a dog) plus she's had tons of people around her and lots of new things happening. we started cleaning the house yesterday afternoon and she just followed us around making sure we weren't going to leave her. then everyone arrived with food and it was very exciting having new people in the house and meat (they brought their own meat and electric frying pan to cook it). then at midnite she did very well with all the fireworks (the neighbours were even setting them off in the street) and we had some party poppers and she thought they were fun too (good to know she doesn't go nuts with fireworks). cuz we're old we were all ready for bed 20 min after midnite (we did stay up til 2 i think though). some friends were staying over so we decided wombat would stay on her bed in our room. she was very confused by this. i settled her on her bed but as soon as i walked around our bed she got up thinking i was leaving her. i decided to settle her and climb right up onto our bed so she'd know i wasn't leaving. she followed me on the bed though. i resettled her while i layed on the bed and thought that was gonna work. as soon as i turned the light out she was back up again. i left her there until zac came in 10 minutes later and both of us had to drag the deadweight dog that was trying to make whining noises (they were purely for sympathy) off the bed twice before she settled. she slept until she noticed us staring at her this morning and saying how good she was for staying on her bed all nite (then she hoped up on the bed and dropped to sleep immediately). now everyone is gone and most of the party is cleaned up and the dog is laying dead on the floor, exhausted from all the excitement.

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