I am Doodlebug, King of the Olde English Bulldogges.
Sweetie: So boring. Wait! Wow! What is that?
Me: What is what?
Sweetie: That right there on the Big Picture Box. Nope. It’s gone. Wait! What’s that? And that? And now that?
Doodlebug: Don’t be so human, Sweetie. Stick with one thing for a while. Wait! Go back to that picture! I’ve got to bark at it.
MoonCat: Where is that off button when you need it?
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I am Doodlebug, King of the Olde English Bulldogges.
Sweetie: Lady Human, why are you sitting, looking outside?
Me: Sometimes I just look.
Doodlebug: But you’ve looked at it all before.
Me: Sometimes I notice something new that’s always been there.
Sweetie: Sounds like you weren’t paying attention.
Doodlebug: Dogs pay attention. It’s dangerous not to.
MoonCat: Sounds like she’s paying attention now.
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I am Doodlebug, King of the Olde English Bulldogges.
Me: Okay. Pay attention. We’re going to calmly walk outside and…
Sweetie: Where’s my chew toy?
Doodlebug: And my throw stick? I need that.
Me: Y’all! Look at me. Pay attention.
Doodlebug: Pay attention? Is that what you do when you hand humans that funny-looking paper and they give you metal discs back?
Me: That’s a different type of paying. Attention means focus. Now focus on me and…
Sweetie: I still need my chew toy.
Doodlebug: And there’s my missing stick to think of. I’ll search over here.
Sweetie: And what time is lunch?
MoonCat: I’m paying attention. Don’t I look like I’m paying attention?
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