Suburban Goddess

After raining for almost five hours straight, there was a substantial puddle of water by the back door. I dread when it rains; I know that my chicken dog will track muddy footprints all over my light tan carpet. It’s not like he understands… I mean, to the dog, brown is brown, and who cares if one shade of brown is darker than the rest?

Do dogs even see color?

Anyway, every time it rains, I pull out the can of carpet cleaner and ready myself for an evening on my hands and knees. So when I got home, I sighed deeply as my dog did the pee-pee dance next to the door.

“I know, I know….”

I let him out in the pouring rain and closed the door for a moment to grab a towel. I figured I could at least try to minimize the damage, but even if I wipe him down when he comes back in, the mud seems to hide deep in his huge furry paws. I was actually almost thankful for the two inch puddle outside the sliding glass door; as least it would wash some of the mud off…

I poised myself like a linebacker ready for a play, and slid the door open, dropping into a three point stance. Right about the same time, a flash of lightning coupled with the simultaneous boom of thunder startled the dog so badly that he kicked it into high gear… he sprinted past me, knocking me over, before realizing that his wet paws had no traction on the ceramic tile…

I watched as he slid past me in slow motion, his body spinning around backwards as he slid away, still facing me….the look on his face reminding me of Scooby Doo (“Row no, Raggy!!!”)….

…until he plowed into the kitchen cabinets.

I can’t help it. I cracked up. Unfortunately, as I was laughing at his pain, he regained his balance and shot past me leaving a perfect trail of muddy brown paw prints from my kitchen, across my living room, into my bathroom, and finally to my bedroom, where he dived under the bed and refused to come out until the rain stopped. And I was STILL scrubbing the carpet.

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