Where the sleeping #dog lies

Yes, I think sleeping against a door to be most comfortable.  

        Ah, the problems freedom brings: Now that Gizmo is “housebroken” (does a more politically correct word exist for that level of training?) and his cage (or training pen?) has been put away perhaps forever, he can go anywhere in the house when we are gone, except near a plastic garbage can, which he seems to like to tip over.  And, at night, he can sleep where he wants, except on our bed. 

     Sleep time now apparently leads to a certain level of indecision on Gizmo’s part.  He begins by settling down with a long sigh in the corner near my side of the bed.  If we are reading and the lights are on, he prefers to be behind the door to the bedroom.

     During the night, I have found him on Grace’s side of the bed, blocking the way out of the bedroom, sleeping across the doorway leading to the bathroom (some nights this can be a high traffic area and we worry about tripping on him in the dark), and sleeping at the foot of the bed.  

     At this point, I do not know if he has a route and spends an hour or so in every place, or he moves around because he wants a change of view or is bored. 

     The other night he began yipping in his sleep and moving his legs, probably because of a doggy dream of chasing squirrels, rabbits or lizards.

“I had a linguistics professor who said that it's man's ability to use language that makes him the dominant species on the planet. That may be. But I think there's another thing that separates us from animals. We aren't afraid of vacuum cleaners.”  Jeff Stilson