Fred Basset by Alex Graham for March 12, 2021

Well Fred, looks like your “dad” is a prop comic and you are the prop! At least he didn’t call you a speed bump!

If you knew it was coming Fred. Get up and leave.

Yes, his old and favorite joke. However, there’s something to be said for tradition I suppose. I wouldn’t get up and move either. The couple was warned. He got to say his favorite joke, and your roll was to stay comfy and lay there. All was as it was supposed to be.

Fred how do you think you will get : Belly Rubs , Pets and Sausage if you don’t Meet and Greet ?

Gives new meaning to all those “Beware of the dog” signs….

Please don’t trip over the guard dog

Bella has a similar habit. In spite of the two dog beds strategically arranged in the living room, her favorite places to sleep are directly across the most logical paths of travel. It’s not so much a hazard to visitors, but I am not particularly nimble.

Dogs don’t cater to us. They just do their own thing. If that includes lying down in the middle of the kitchen when you’re cooking dinner, so be it. My mother tripped over the dog once when she was letting him in the house. She slipped on the icy steps and broke her ankle. For years after, she would look at Gus and say, “It’s all your fault!” Gus would just look cute and wag his tail.

Mrs. Dear can’t say something? Like “That’s enough of that-it’s old and worn out.”

Cats go for the middle step….

First time I ever encountered this was as a little girl visiting friends of my mother’s. They lived in a two-flat, so the LR was directly in line with the DR which was directly in line with the K. They had a cocker spaniel who I didn’t really notice until we were bringing things from the K to the DR, and there was Misty, happily napping smack in the doorway. Now I have one who is a GENIUS at finding any and all pathways and plopping himself in them.

I call mine (4) mobile rugs.

Around here, we call the dogs speed bumps