Being a Doggy Mama - Puppy Dog's Peccadilloes 3

Ear Flaps

Puppy Dog has soft, flappy ears that hang down his head.  Not as long as a Basset Hound's but still, they hang and can get blown back by the wind, which is hilarious.

But the cutest thing is to watch him sitting at the screen door, looking out at the world.  And then focusing on his ears.  As he tunes in to different sounds, the ear flaps move: back, twitch, forward, twitch, then they lift up, then they relax down, twitch!  

It's like watching one of those men wave the little red paddles at a taxiing aircraft.

 

Active Dreaming

Many dogs do this, I know, but it's just that much funnier when mine does it.  He moves and makes noises when he dreams.

Sometimes he'll run, laid out horizontal, two sets of claws scratching on the wooden floor.

Sometimes he'll twitch, which I always imagine is that tiny moment, the instant he actually sees the Evil Squirrel in Dreamland.

Sometimes he'll growl or bark - softly, like invisible hand has turned his volume down two thirds of the way.

Strange - now that I think about it, I've never seen his tail wag in his dreams.  They must all be hunting ones, full of Evil Squirrels, Naughty Kitties and other furry creatures who are gonna totally get theirs.