Monday, December 2, 2013

A Day In The Life Of A Dog

Before starting out today, links for your consideration and perusal. First off, yesterday was a Snippet Sunday for several bloggers, and you can find Norma's post with a brief passage right at that link. As well, at our joint blog, we posted a Snippet Sunday post as well. Go and check them both out, and comment on them!

We are now in December, and what better way to start things out with a couple of dog and cat blogs? Particularly with the Christmas season now upon us? So without further ado, let us begin....


7:22 AM. Morning has broken, as they say, and I now wake up out of a good sleep. Dreamed of chewing on a big stewing bone.


7:35 AM. Good morning, human! How are you this fine day? How about a bit of breakfast? I am feeling rather peckish, you know....


7:40 AM. Busy wolfing down my kibbles. Yum yum yum! I have not yet bested my personal best record of eating breakfast quickly, but my time will come...


7:43 AM. The human lets me out the door to go for my run. I'll see you later, human!


8:10 AM. Running through the snow in the backfields, barking my head off like a delirious lunatic. Life is good!


8:45 AM. Sniffing around the perimeter of the farm. I think a skunk passed through sometime last night, but at least nothing startled it. Skunks getting startled? It never ends well.

It's even worse than cats getting startled. 


9:15 AM. Back home. Barking at back door. 


9:16 AM. The human lets me back in. I am met by the smell of delicious baking. I think she's been making cookies.

Oh boy!


9:20 AM. My nose is being overwhelmed by yummy smells of sugar and flour and cookie dough. I'm positively drooling. More than usual.


9:35 AM. Watching the human baking. She's sprinkling sugar cookies with red and green sprinkles. I glance at the calendar. Oh, that's right... Christmas is this month, and that means plenty of baking.

Have I been a good dog this year?


10:15 AM. Now she's prepping peanut butter cookies. My drooling continues. I must perfect the sad eyes mooching look when she happens to glance my way. I love the taste of freshly baked cookies.


10:20 AM. The human takes some cookies out of the oven. I manage to mooch three of them. Red and green sprinkles are just like icing on the cake.

I wonder if the human's going to make some cake....


11:40 AM. I realize now that the meaning of life is very simple. It comes down to a very simple fact: the smell of baking cookies is the meaning of life.


12:05 PM. I have managed to mooch more cookies from the human. My sad eyes look has been perfected.

Human, have you ever thought of adding some dog food into the recipes? I am sure it would go over very well indeed.


12:15 PM. The human is still baking. I wonder if she's going to have lunch? 

Am I hungry for lunch? I've had quite a few cookies already...


12:30 PM. The human is having lunch. Despite my uncertainty about my appetite, I gladly swallow a couple of dinner rolls the human gives me. 


1:40 PM. Time for a nap. The human is still baking, but I've had my fill. 

Time to sleep it off for awhile....


4:10 PM. Waking up from my nap. Dreamed of chasing that annoying squirrel. The house smells like freshly baked cookies.

I think my appetite has returned.


4:45 PM. The human is putting cookies into freezer bags. Hey, wait a minute, how about leaving them out for me to have some? Why can't you just keep baking more all month long?


5:05 PM. All of the cookies are down in the freezer downstairs. And unfortunately I can't open that thing.

Oh well. Anticipation is all the better when you know how tasty food is.


6:35 PM. The human is having lasagna for dinner. She won't give me any- she mentions the spaghetti incident- but at least gives me a bit of a treat- a  plate with dinner rolls dabbled in tomato sauce.

How long are we going to hold the spaghetti incident against me?


6:40 PM. My appetite is sated by dinner. At least til the next time I feel hungry.


8:10 PM. The human is settling down by the fireplace to read. I settle in beside her on the couch and get a belly rub for good measure.

That's another meaning of life: belly rubs.


11:00 PM. The human turns on the news. The former premier of Italy has just been arrested for bribery, extortion, fraud, and jaywalking. He is perpwalked across the screen, a very short and very ugly man with a smirk on his face. He says something along the lines of what's the big deal? I'm Italian! 

Humans are strange people, human.


11:46 PM. The human is turning out the lights before heading up the stairs. Good night, human. I'm staying down here for awhile. Maybe I can figure out a way to break into that freezer downstairs. Christmas cookies are ever so tempting, after all...


15 comments:

  1. Oh, this is so cute. I love dogs! And the little white puppy is a winner.
    Have a good week!

    PS: thanks for the tip

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  2. So many cute pics. The story cracked my up more though. Emma loves to be in the kitchen with me whenever I'm cooking. If I drop anything, she snatches it at the speed of lightening!!

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  3. Very cute. I've given two belly rubs this morning and I think more are on the way.

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  4. Oh wow, the Sherlock Holmes dog cracked me up!! And your poor dog who can't open the freezer and still isn't forgiven from the spaghetti incident! hehehe

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  5. Hey dog! Oscar can open freezer doors..can you open cat treat packets? Willing to trade skills?
    The REAL Maple Syrup Mob xxxxx

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  6. @Angelika: thank you!

    @Krisztina: that's what a dog is for!

    @Eve: Belly rubs are always called for.

    @Kelly: isn't Iron Dog a cutie?

    @Padded Cell: somehow the Spaghetti Incident seemed to just come to me...

    @Real Maple Syrup Mob: Loki the dog will get back to you.

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  7. The labralanche just kills me! Oh goodness, dying of cuteness:)

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  8. That pug has identity issues--first he was the Hulk, then he was Bane. Next, he'll think he's Fluffy, Destroyer of Worlds!

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  9. The Department of Home Security reminds me of my home last Christmas.

    My son and daughter-in-law train Mals and Belgian Shepherds and we had ONE photo with their dog. I'm telling you, that was an amazing photo.

    Those dogs are amazing. :)

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  10. Love the Tony Stark dog :) And I'm about to bake a bunch of Christmas cookies--yum!

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  11. @LondonLulu: it's epic cuteness!

    @Norma: Fluffy's in a league all by himself!

    @Diane: thank you!

    @Meradeth: Iron Dog is getting a lot of attention!

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  12. I just said the same thing William...lead me not into temptation..oh hell I'm going in, it was ice-cream :)) very entertaining doggy 'tail'!!

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  13. The smell of cookies baking is indeed the meaning of life.

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  14. Love your dog blogs almost as much as the cat blogs!

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