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From Chicken Soup for the Soul: Me and My Dog
By Sandy Nadeau
The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.
~Samuel Butler
Our neighbor had a wonderful Golden Retriever named Dudley and we often dog-sat for him. Dudley got along very well with our Aussie Shepherd, Gus. They were pals.
On one such dog-sitting adventure, my husband Ron and I were sleeping soundly in the wee hours one Friday morning — 4:30, to be exact. Suddenly, I realized the bed was jiggling. What in the world? Ron slept like a log next to me, unmoving. I shook my head, trying to emerge from my not-awake state of mind. Earthquake? Unlikely in the foothills of Colorado. Windstorm? What could shake the bed?
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