Should have eaten them when their bones were soft!

I like this saying and some of you know who I got it from. I think it is funny. Today, I was saying it a lot. We don't have children but we have dogs and they think they are people but they are permanent 2 year olds.

Kirk took the truck into Sarnia to get the safety check and emissions test so that we can change the license plate (NC tags) over to Ontario plates. Common sense was to leave Shadow (his dog) here with me. I sort of knew what I was going to be up against. Wrong!

I made sure that Shadow watched Kirk pull out of the driveway in the truck at 11:00 am so that she would know he is gone. She immediately sat in the front window and watched the road. That lasted for only 10 minutes. Then came the whinnying, whimpering, pawing, little growls, sad eyes, pouting, louder growls, and the final screeching bark. This in turn gets Peaty (my dog) going. Now I have two of them driving me crazy. Not that I'm doing much but now nothing is getting done. I'm actually having a conversation with a dog. They are not listening. Surprise.

The screeching bark gets to me the most. We went out to the shop twice for Shadow to check every corner just to find Kirk is not here. Back in the house we go. Peace for about an hour.
Round two. It starts all over again. I start talking to myself. This is a test, it is only a test. Patience is a virtue. Then I think, I should have eaten them when their bones were soft.