Sampson turned fourteen at the end of July. We’ve always used that, dogs age seven years for every one human life rule. If that in fact were the case, Sampson would be 88 years old.
Of course, I wanted to be sure, so I consulted Dr. Google, and found this article from the AKC. According to this, Sampson is 84 years old.
Either way you look at it, this dog is in his eighties. Now, like most people in their eighties, my puppy boy is slowing down. In fact, he only goes outside to do his ‘business’ twice per day. Once on our morning walk, and once on our evening walk.
You follow? This guy only pees every 12 or so hours.
I bet most eighty-year-olds pee a lot more than that. Honestly, I’m 58 and I pee when I sneeze, cough, laugh, walk…
Both walks combined, take no more than an hour, and that’s assuming we stop to chat with someone on our afternoon walk.
Sampson eats, twice a day, and that takes about all of 20 minutes. He gets one snack (a frozen Kong) around 9:00 pm, which takes him 10 to 15 minutes to eat.
If you add it all up, and factor in the times we come home from work, the times we are moving about, let’s be generous and say, he’s awake 4 hours per day.
Which leaves the other 20 hours for….?
Sleeping.
Yes, my boy sleeps, and he sleeps A LOT.
There are two dog beds in my living room, and a dog bed and a crib mattress in my bedroom.
Delilah typically chooses one place to sleep, and stays there. Sampson on the other hand is a mover. He gets up many times throughout the day and night, and changes position, or he changes the area he is sleeping on. Sometimes he’s on a bed, sometimes he’s just sleeping on the floor.
Sometimes I look at him, and the position he’s in, and I wonder, just how comfortable it is.
Like the other night, when I went to give him his Kong, and he had to extricate himself from the table of all places.
Naturally, I laughed. He’s such a silly guy.
The title of this post asks, “Where Does a Fourteen Year Old Dog Sleep?”
Answer: Anywhere he wants. 🙂
You make me laugh or smile. The sweet, funny, loving things dogs do that brings a smile to my face, or a laugh to my lips.
What did your pet do this week that made you smile or laugh?
Recent Comments