July 4, 2020 – Elsa-the-Dog reduced to shaking and shivering due to distant fireworks.
July 5, 2020 – More shaking and shivering due to close-up thunder storms
July 7, 2020 – Hysterical barking at 2:30AM.
Yes, I was awakened at 2:30AM by Elsa-the-Dog’s loud screaming/barking. She NEVER does that. She is a sound and happy sleeper and only sends the alarm bark during daytime hours when the UPS man emerges.
Since it was a hysterical bark
there had to be something amiss.
Elsa and I began a flashlight search of the house. It was a full moon and we could see silver images through the windows so we were checking the outside too. Bill was blissfully sound asleep.
Was it the bear visiting again and
rustling around somewhere near?
I thought maybe it could even be human
and what would I do then?
Was someone trying to get in?
After a room by room search Elsa and I went back to bed. We just got comfortably tucked in when she began the hysterical barking again. This was definitely her alarm bark to signal intruders!
Another search ensued to no avail and we finally gave up at 4:30 AM. But I kept thinking and thinking while Elsa and Bill were then fast asleep.
A sunny day today and this morning I peeked into our attached garage from the relative safety of the mudroom/laundry. The garage was the one place we missed in our moonlight search.
Whoa! There was the answer to Elsa’s warnings. There were torn pieces of something white and a hunk of the drywall ripped out. Some critter was trying hard to create an exit.
Still no idea what it was but it must have got in when the automatic door stayed open as Bill went to get the mail yesterday. That gave the Crazie Critter time and opportunity to explore.
“Hey – this looks like a grand place to raise a family!”
“On the other hand, maybe not.”
“Now how did I get in here in the first place?”
“Wasn’t that big door open a minute ago?”
“I’ll just sit here quietly until dark
and then find my way out.”
“Lemme Out! Lemme Out! Lemme Out!”
Elsa heard it all and warned her human pack that something was amiss. She just wasn’t sure where.
I will never doubt her warning barks again. She knows what she’s talking about and she is now my Super Hero.
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