Driving Miss Mazy

I understand now why it is recommended that empty nesters and older people should get a pet.  Pets are like children.  They make you get up and "do the things you ought to do"...literally.

Mazy is spending the week-end with us while her other family spruces up the hunting cabin.  She rules the roost while here.

Her incessant whine tells us when she needs to go to the bathroom, go outside, take a walk, take another walk, is feeling lonely, or wants to play.  If that doesn't work then she will nudge your elbow with her nose or bite at you until you pay attention to her.  And...she will also bark.
When she gets up in the morning...everyone gets up!  She will come to your bed if you don't get up and jump on your side of the bed to wake you up.  She will bark and whine until you get up and then insist you take her out.
When she greets you in the morning you would swear she is smiling as her tail wags and she prances around as if you are the only person in the world.  Then she will put her head on the floor and her tail up in the air until you pat her belly. She can communicate with or without sounds!
Among her many tricks are "sit", "speak","whisper", "roll over" and" sing/howl".  Each of those require a treat.
  She's calmed down a lot since the time she came over about 2 years ago.  I took her out in the yard for a bathroom break and she saw one of our neighbors.  She got so excited she just started running. I went sailing into the air and was drug half way across the front yard to the neighbor walking into our driveway, my hand  attached to the leash. Embarrased, that our first meeting was literally being drug in the mud, I explained that she was my grand-dog and was enjoying checking out the neighborhood.  The neighbor smiled as I brushed myself off. I've never seen her again.  What a way to make a first impression!
Well, gotta go, Mazy is barking like there is a burglar coming in...it's just my husband coming home from work.  She's smiling again!!!