Bed-making, Boston Style
Chet's usual attitude on beds:
Breed trait: Boston terriers like to help make the bed, but they're about as much help as the average two-year-old. Chet Baker's idea of helping is to get made up in the bed, under the fitted sheet. When he hears the flap of bedspreads, he comes running, leaps up, lands in the middle of the sheets, and dares you to displace him. He loves large expanses of cloth, especially when they're flapping.
The moment he gets under the fitted sheet, a change overcomes this normally gentle dog. He turns into The Gremlin. He skibbles around under the sheet at high speed. You can only tell where he is by the wet spot his nose makes when he stops. (And the largish lump under the sheet, and the clop of his jaws as he snaps away).
If you lift the corner to peek at him, you don't find Chet. You reveal The Gremlin. His eyes get buggy (well, buggier); he growls a lot, and he snaps randomly at anything nearby.
It's downright scary.
.Wall-eyed Gremlin. It only comes out at night. This is the Monster Under the Bed that we've all feared since childhood.
posted by Julie Zickefoose @ 6:48 PM
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Perhaps it is my imagination, but in the last photo Chet seems to be looking at the camera with his right eye and into the middle of next week with his left eye.
Down boy. Easy big fella.
OMG - and I'm about ready to go to bed - now I'm scared! Only kidding. This is too cute!
I grew up with a pug who did the same thing- right down to the googly eyes! Thanks for the much needed giggles.
It must be a terrier thing, Jack Sparrow (miniature schnauzer)is a bed-making freak too. The worst part is when his cat buddy, Lucifer, gets involved as well. An inside cat has to get his jollies somehow and the dog and cat rodeo is constant. The only ploy that works is to sneak upstairs, close the door and then deal with sheets. It's the only chance the bed has of not turning into a dog nest.
Caroline in SD
Jeepers!
Chet must think he is rescuing you from the Sheet Monster. Boy that dog has many talents!
Please give him a big, smoochy kiss on his mouth from the Williams clan!
What does he do with tents?
Thanks for the laugh.
Chortling in Rondeau
RR
I really enjoyed this. I've got a 15 year old Jack Russell/beagle that does something similar, without the freakish (in a good way) expressions! He once got himself stuck in a pillowcase - with the pillow.
Dear Chet Baker,
I really liked this story. I thought it was really funny. The new puppy we are training likes to sleep *under* the bed. Mommy says he is part mole.
love, Fiona
xoxoxoxoxxoooxoo
Julie,
He comes by that behavior honestly. His grandmother Maeve Bean is exactly the same. Trying to use a blanket or lap rug on the sofa while watching TV is impossible. She will steal it from you, roll up in it and heaven's forbid that you try to take it back...that Gremlin appears no holds barred! Same with bed making, it seems to have skipped a generation though, his mother could care less about large expanses of fabric...she just wants your lap and anything edible. I loved the pictures! He is such a handsome dude, even buggy eyed.
Julie,
I enjoy your stories! We have two things in common: we love our Bostons and we love Janeyms. Our lovely Bella, age 3 came from Jane. I have another BT, Chloe age 10, who also freaks out on a large bed. With a small rawhide in her mouth on the king sized bed, she springs in the air as if on a trampolene and throws the rawhide to pounce on it. Strange thing....
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