All that sitting wears you out...

We've been making a lot of road trips lately, for a number of reasons both personal and professional, and we've been taking the dogs with us. This past weekend we made a quick turnaround trip involving a 4.5 hour drive each way and a considerable amount of time in the car waiting (the dogs anyway) with occasional outings for short walks and leg stretches. But despite what would seem like a lot of sleeping, I think the dogs worked pretty hard. After all, they had to keep their balance as we made our windy drive through mountain passes. And when we were parked they had to guard the car from intruders. At the motel they had lots of new smells to explore, then another windy trip home.

By the time we got home last night the dogs were exhausted. At least it seemed that way. Kirby did the Kirby Derby a couple of times, then settled down for an evening of sleeping. Bax, of course, had settled down immediately following dinner. Their schedule today was rise, go out, eat breakfast and sleep. Follow me to the office and sleep. Follow me to the living room at lunchtime and sleep. Follow me back to the office and sleep. Follow my husband to the living room to take a nap and now they're just waiting for dinner.

I'm sure we'll settle down to watch a DVD tonight and they'll be all rested up and ready to wrestle and do laps around the house and ring the bell a dozen or so times asking to go out... Just wait...