For those of you just joining us, I found this little stray dog almost two weeks ago. I didn't have any intention of keeping her, but she was out on a cold night with lots of heavy traffic around, so I took her home with me. So far, I have been unable to find her owners.
Below is a picture of the dog sitting in such a cute way that, had the photo been properly lit, you would be dying of cuteness overload right now, so you can thank me for not using the flash.
This dog likes to be near me as much as possible. I had originally planned to keep her in my bathroom (with a soft rug and some water and food) until I could find her owners, but she hates to be shut in there alone, especially at night. For that reason, I set up a second soft rug in my bedroom. She sleeps there under an overturned laundry basket with a hand weight on top so that she doesn't go around at night finding coins and rubber bands to choke on, or trying to eat my face while I sleep.
For a while, she was waking me up every morning at 4:30 for potty-times. I thought this was crazy until my mom pointed out that I'd found her right after the time change, meaning that if her owner had had to leave for work by 6 AM, then the dog would have had to go tinkles and poos at 5:30 AM, which is now 4:30 AM again for some reason that nobody remembers. Anyway, my point is, when I let her out of the basket at 4:30, she runs straight for the back door to do her Monkey business (I call this dog Monkey because she looks like a monkey, so when she does her business in the yard, I call it Monkey business). Afterwards, she'll go back to bed.
Lately it has been colder in the mornings (I keep the thermostat at 70 degrees, but my room gets a little chilly). When we get up again at 7:30 or so, it's cold, and she doesn't have any urgent need to go outside. Therefore, since she's an opportunistic little thing, she makes a beeline for the warmest spot in the house: my lap.
It turns out I don't even need to have a lap for her to try to jump in it. One morning, I made the mistake of kneeling as I let her out of the basket and she immediately snuggled up between my legs! I couldn't believe she'd actually behaved like such a weirdo, so the next day I brought my camera along in order to obtain photographic evidence:
I took a picture right after this one where she had even tucked in her cold little nose, but I was looking at it, and I could hear my mom calling out from the back of my mind, saying, "Don't put that picture on the Internet! It's gross and weird! Why did you take it in the first place?!" It's a really funny picture though, because it looks like I have a third leg that's black and furry. I took the picture below right after prying this dog's tiny snout off second base. As you can see, she's not quite ready to get up and start the day.
This morning I thought I could safely let her out of her basket while wearing a nightgown if I stood instead of kneeling, but still she took a flying leap at me! I caught her in mid-air and actually heard myself say, "No no no! Let Mommy put on her snuggle-pants!" I put my jeans on and sat in the big chair so she could sit properly ON my lap, instead of IN it.
And it's not like this dog isn't getting enough sleep! Here's a picture where she's sleeping in the daytime while I do some writing:
And here's another picture where she's snuggling on my lap yet again. I like this close-up because you can see her funny little ear and her tiny knee:
And here's a picture where she's lying in a Costco box with an old towel in it. She rolled back and made a funny face at me, but I was taking the picture with my laptop webcam and couldn't tell which way the lens was pointing:
I hope you liked these funny pictures! I could tell you a million stories about how weird this dog is. Currently, the dog's owners are still AWOL, and, by law, the dog will be my property in two days' time. My mom desperately wants to keep her herself, but needs to get a room ready where this dog can sleep and play and stuff. Until then this dog will be following me everywhere and trying to sleep on or near any part of my body she can reach.
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