Scratching dog :-o
Similar in a way to my previous story. A few years ago, one of my dogs (prince) died of liver failure. He was put down at the age of 14. He was one of those dogs that was part of the family and was really missed! He had a twin sister (jessie) who was still alive after he died but shortly died herself of old age around 6 months later.

Anyway. The day he was put down, myself and the missus were living in London with my parents. I got a call at work from my distraught sister saying that Prince was to be put down that evening. I asked my boss if I could have an extra half hour on my dinner break to pop home and say goodbye to him. On the way home, I picked up my missus from her work and we both said goodbye and back back to work. he was in a sorry state in the cupboard under the stairs, panting, lying on his side. Very sorry sight :-(

Anyway, That evening he was put down and we buried him in the back garden next to other previous family pets.

later that night we went to sleep, as you do. Now it was a very common thing in that house to be woken by prince in the night. He would often sit on the step at the middle point in the stairs where they turned and scratch at the carpet. He did it that often that the carpet on middle step on the stairs was torn and worn away. We never changed it as he would just do the same to new carpet. As I said, this would happen almost every night and I would often get up and tell him to stop. he would then cheekily wag his tail and run down the stairs. Sometimes he would do it again later in the night, others, not.

Now. We had all gone to sleep and in the night I was awoken by the scratching noise. half asleep, i thought nothing of it and got up tell prince to stop. Went to my bedroom door and opened it. The noise stopped. I looked down the stairs and there was nothing there.

At this point I thought "hold on a minute... hes dead!" Shitting myself, I legged it back to bed.

In the morning. Noone else had heard the noises but I swear I did. Maybe he was just saying he was ok :-)
(Bushboy, Fri 4 Jul 2008, 13:40, 1 reply)

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Maybe he was just saying he was ok :-)


And maybe he wasn't. Care to lay odds?
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Fri 4 Jul 2008, 13:49, closed)