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Border Collies TGIF
By Robert Singer
All five of my border collies have access to my bedroom. Some sleep on the bed, others on the floor and Bart always sleeps outside.
They have a morning routine that begins at a different time every day.
Therefore either they don’t know how to tell time or their routine begins when they can sense I am about to wake up.
Yes, I agree it could be a coincidence that each morning at that exact moment when I come out of a deep sleep and am about to open my eyes, the routine begins.
Bart after being outside all night comes in the bedroom. And regardless of how many other border collies are strewn about the room he makes his way to the head of the bed and puts two paws right up next to my face and makes a combination whine, howl and growl.
If I had to express the sound in words it would be: "It’s time to get up.. I am bored. How much sleep do you need?, let’s get this day going."
This morning I wasn’t ready to get up and most of the time it works to just ignore him or tell him I was up all night working on my latest article (The "ings").
I usually can go back to sleep but not today, FRIDAY.
Bart’s whinehowlgrowl is especially intense and now all of the dogs are in a frenzy.
They are all jumping on the bed and whining.
"Bart’s right, let's get going".
I now have to cover my face with the sheet or risk getting an eye gouged out with a flying paw because they are all too close for comfort.
Finally Bart gave up, left the room and the chaos subsided.
What was different?
We go herding sheep on FRIDAY.
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