Sleep with One Eye Open – Conversations with the Pack

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I am Doodlebug, King of the Olde English Bulldogges.

Sweetie: I have called this meeting to address a serious problem.

Doodlebug: What do you mean you have called this meeting? I’m the King. I call the meetings.

Sweetie: Too low, too slow! Meeting called! This “doggie” shoe emergency must be dealt with. If we don’t, we might wake up wearing all kinds of human nonsense. Shoes, hats, vests, sweaters, sunglasses and anything else they drape on themselves.

MoonCat: I told you. There is only one solution. Sleep with one eye open. Then, if a human sneaks up with any nonsense, you can get up and walk away. Humans are funny creatures. They get embarrassed when they disturb our sleep. A guilt trip which works to our advantage. Meeting adjourned.

Sweetie: Hey, wait just a minute…

MoonCat: Meeting. Adjourned.

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Just Try It On – Part 2 Conversations with the Pack

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I am Doodlebug, King of the Olde English Bulldogges. Run. Run. Run, run, run. Free!

Sweetie: Doodle! Hey! You’re dreaming.

Doodlebug: Aw. It was a great dream until…I was running so fast and, all of a sudden, a big heavy boot grabbed my foot and…What’s that?

Sweetie: Lady Human must have sneaked up while you were asleep and stuck one of those nasty “doggie” shoes on your foot.

MoonCat: Sleep with one eye open. Then that sort of thing won’t happen.

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Just Try It On – Part One Conversations with the Pack

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I am Doodlebug, King of the Olde English Bulldogges.

Sweetie: Take that away, Lady Human.

Me: Aw, just try it on. They will keep your feet warm and dry during the winter.

Sweetie: My feet stay warm and dry just fine, thank you, without sticking them in little bags.

Me: But these are doggie shoes.

Sweetie: I see your confusion. You’ve mistaken me for something called a “doggie”. I don’t even know what that is.

Doodlebug: I’ll just go over there and find a place to hide.

Sweetie: Don’t sneak off, Doodle. She’s coming for you next. Lady Human, give those whatever they are to the cat.

MoonCat: My delicate feet were not designed to fit into human contraptions. I respectfully decline.

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Special Footwear – Conversations with Sweetie

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Sweetie: What is that clunky sound when I walk?

Me: Uh, don’t you know?

Sweetie: Why would I ask or look confused if I knew?

Me: You are wearing your empty metal food bowl on your foot like a shoe, which it is not.

Sweetie: You wear things on your feet.

Me: I wear shoes that are meant to be worn on my feet.

Sweetue: Well, my food bowl is meant to have food in it which it does not. Hint. Hint.

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