Step Back! – Conversations with the Pack

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I am Doodlebug, King of the Olde English Bulldogges. Do you see where I am standing?

Sweetie: I see. I just don’t care. My feet belong where they are. Everybody else, take your feet away! Lady Human, back me up here.

Me: I’m just trying to move from Point A to Point B without tripping. I’ve got no dog in this fight.

Doodlebug: Uh, excuse me, ma’am, but you have two dogs in this fight. Clear passageways are important.

MoonCat: Bulldogs never know what’s really important. My cushion. My bowls. My places. Me. I’m important. I thought everybody knew that by now.

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Stop That Fake Walking! – Conversations with the Pack

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I am Doodlebug, King of the Olde English Bulldogges. Lady Human, what you are doing is weird, even for a human.

Sweetie: Stop that! You are walking, but not going anywhere. That’s unnatural and not bulldoggy at all.

Me: Well, I’m not a bulldog. And this is an elliptical. It’s an exercise machine.

MoonCat: Steer clear of the monster’s metal legs, y’all. I’m parking myself way out of reach.

Me: What’s the matter? This thing doesn’t move unless I move it.

Sweetie: How come you are walking and not going anywhere?

Doodlebug: Yeah, why not just walk like yourself? Or like us?

Sweetie: Enough fake walking. Stop it, Lady Human. Go back to normal…if that is even something you ever were.

Doodlebug (whispering): What was that about? Walking without going anywhere.

Sweetie: Yeah, next thing you know, humans will climb into a metal box with wings and try to fly like a bird.

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Trundler – Conversations with the Pack

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I am Doodlebug, King of the Olde English Bulldogges.

Sweetie: Out of the way! Coming through!

Doodlebug: You call that “coming through”? Let me show you!

Sweetie: Hey, I move at my own pace.

MoonCat: Meow. Is that pace called ‘creep along’?

Sweetie: Do I look like a creeper?

Me: No, I think your style is more trundler.

Sweetie: Aw, Lady Human, just like you.

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