# DOGGY DOG THOUGHTS


By [X](https://paragraph.com/@x-7) · 2022-07-09

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I wake up and see the human still sleeping on her bed. I look around and we are alone in the room. Well apart from the ghost that lives in the ceiling. The first time I saw it, I tried to warn the human but she got mad at me for some reason. This is the same reaction she has every time I speak in the big kennel that we both live in. So after some time I have learned to not speak unless we are way from the kennel, with all the wonderful smells and other humans and dogs who look like me. I don’t particularly like the cat that lives in the big kennel beside us. It scares me, and it looks at me judgingly every time I have to empty my bladder. I want us to be friends, but every time I get close, it hisses and tries to scratch me. It’s well and good that my human always comes to my aid in times like that.

  I like the human very much. I think she likes me too. Every morning, she puts food in my plate and water in my bowl. And when she is eating, she will give me some of what she eats. She takes me out of the kennel two times every half dog day, where I can remove the food in me to be ready for the next time. I like to be outside with all the wonderful smells, and sticks to put in my mouth because I like that. My favorite is when she takes me to the place where the other dogs also come with their humans and takes me off the leash. Then we all play and run, and jump through the round colored things.

I like it when she hugs me and holds me, or when she pats my head. I like when she scratches under my chin, or on my belly. Sometimes I wonder if she enjoys it as much as I do. When I’m feeling bad or sad, she holds me and then all is good in the world again. I try to do the same for her. Last night, I heard her crying in her bed. I think it was because of the human male who comes here sometimes and they scream at each other regularly. I wish I could tell her that I can smell another human female’s scent on him every time he comes. And that he is mean to me when she is away and it is just me and him. He should not be trusted. But when I try to warn her when he is around, she does not like when I speak inside the kennel.

My human is awake now. I jump on the bed and give her snuggles and kisses. Today will be a good day in dog world.

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