Three Dog Nights

Three Dog Night

 

I now know what a real three dog night is. I was dog sitting over the holiday week and had a third beagle here. She is an adorable little lemon beagle, ready to sniff and smile at everything. Luckily she accepted her position in the house. My two beagles are dominant, but the cat runs the house.

 

Last weekend I had two nieces here. It was quite a difference. All of them wanted to be fed and have a place to sleep. The nieces went to a separate bedroom after I had made up the trundles for them. The dogs all jumped in bed when I did and crawled under the covers with me.

 

Sleeping with dogs under the covers is actually easier than sleeping with dogs on top of the covers because they don’t pin me down. However, the heat level rises fast. I have saved a lot on my heating bills since I got beagles. I turn the heat down to 60 degrees at night, while I formerly left it at 72 and was still cold. It is like sleeping with little furnaces. Little furry furnaces. Very cuddly little furry furnaces.

 

It’s OK if they sleep with their backs to me. But it isn’t much fun to wake up with a dog stretching her claws into my back or stomach. Dog breath I can deal with; I was married. They don’t even shed much more than my ex-husband. They sleep like the dead so don’t bark at every little thing outside. I figure if they aren’t concerned about a noise, neither am I.

 

But the nieces played games with me and went out to eat with me. They told me stories about school and their friends and family. They told me some of their dreams and goals. We laughed a lot. I learned from them.

 

 The dogs can’t eat out because they don’t wear shoes or shirts. They do love the drive-thru restaurants though. They try to get the bags of food before I do. The Dairy Queen is their favorite because they get their own little doggie cups free with my order. I can buy their treats with the money I save on heating costs. They aren’t too good with board games because they eat the pieces. They don’t talk much, but they are great listeners.

 

I think a great weekend would be to have them all here. I have never decided if dogs need kids more or if kids need dogs. Either way, everyone is happy.