#Flying #dog: #Gizmo leaps to bed

When life is perfect for Gizmo

How can you call this a dog's life?

         With our permission, and only after we have awakened, Gizmo is allowed to jump about two feet up to our bed.   It is amazing and utterly graceful to see him do that: from a sitting or standing position, four paws on the floor, he suddenly, joyously and gracefully leaps/flies up to the bed.  It is a movement that would put Michael Jordan to shame, even in Jordan’s best day.

     Gizmo seems to fly, front legs tucked in as he rises effortlessly from the floor.

        Once on the bed, Gizmo has much to do: put his nose directly in our armpits.  Snuffle and shuffle into our sides.  Energetically and constantly wag his tail.  And, finally, turn over on his back, all four paws flailing the air, a huge grin on his face, wiggling and wriggling, while begging for his tummy, groin, armpits, face, neck, nose to be petted and massaged.  And we can never resist.

“Labradors [are] lousy watchdogs.  They usually bark when there is a stranger about, but it is an expression of unmitigated joy at the chance to meet somebody new, not a warning.”  ~Norman Strung