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May 08, 2008
OFF LEASH: On sleep
"Off Leash" is an occasional column by Fiddler. Past columns can be found here.
I am a heavy sleeper. Each evening around midnight, I find a spot, usually on the living-room floor, and I make it my bed. I don't circle three times like most dogs; that is waste of time and energy, not to mention stupid.
Instead I flop down, sans ceremony, and lapse into coma-like state. During this time, you can step over me, rustle magazines, turn on and off the light. I don't care. I am sleeping. Do as you please.
In the morning, however, I am attuned to the sounds indicating that a walk is imminent. The turn of the knob. The rattle of the leash. It's odd how certain stimuli elicit such a strong reaction. Pavlovian, even.
Posted by teb at May 8, 2008 04:24 AM