There
is no such thing as a home with only one dog. And every home with
multiple dogs has a member of the pack their parents have never met.
And these dogs all have the same name, They are called: “Sum Other
Dawg,”
“Sum
Other Dawg” is the one who gets us in all the trouble He (or she,
they can come in either sex, but the one in my house is a he so I will
continue to refer to “Sum Other Dawg” as he) is also the best hider in
the house. He breaks a lamp, rips apart the couch, counter surfs, eats
what he shouldn’t, pees and vicks everywhere, and perpetuates several
other crimes and misdemeanors and when one of our parents walks in the
room and discovers it “Sum Other Dawg” is gone.
“Who did this?” Mommy yells.
“Sum Other Dawg,” Pocket and I respond.
“And where is this Sum Other Dawg?” she asks skeptically.
Pocket
and I look around and our brother is gone. We run around the house
looking for him but once again he has hidden himself perfectly And
Pocket and I are forced to take the blame for what Sum Other Dawg did.
We
don’t see him again for days. Then we find him on Mommy’s recliner
licking it over and over again until the fabric is all sticky. Pocket
and I bark at him to get down but he keeps licking. Then Mommy comes
out of the bathroom and we turn to tell her that “Sum Other Dawg” is
licking her chair. The barks come out of our mouths, we turn to show
her “Sum Other Dawg” and once again he has disappeared; Mommy starts
yelling at us over the wet fabric, which we had nothing to do with.
The
truth is, like most dogs I know, I hate “Sum Other Dawg.” That guy
gets me in so much trouble. And while Mommy and Daddy say they don’t
believe in “Sum Other Dawg” I know they do because when we poo on
someone’s lawn and Daddy doesn’t have bag, and the owner comes out to
yell at Daddy because there is poo on his lawn Daddy answers it was done
by “Sum Other Dawg.” He gives the same answer when Pocket is barking
during her work and Mommy asks Daddy if that was Pocket making all that
noise. “Nope, it was Sum Other Dawg.”
So
I guess we are all stuck with “Sum Other Dog” living with us if it
helps Mommy or Daddy stay out of trouble. I just wish he would keep us
out of trouble, but “Sum Other Dog” is like truth in government, he only
surfaces when it is convenient for some human.
