re: #97 GeneJockey

Our house has hardwood floors, and the doggies all clicka-clicka-clicka when they walk, but you get used to it. And it often tells you something. For example, this morning my wife, having gotten up early, went back for a bit more sleep. The 3 dogs followed her. Sometime soon, I’ll hear the 48 tapping toenails telling me that she’s up and the dogs are ready for a walk.

They also telegraph the 18 year old Eskie’s (American Eskimo Miniature) senior moments. She has a tendency to forget why she’s walking down the hall, while she’s walking down the hall:

ta-tap ta-tap ta-tap…….ta-tap…………ta-tap ta-tap ta-tap ta-tap……….ta-tap……………ta-tap ta-tap……………………ta-tap ta-tap ta-tap ta-tap ta-tap ta-tap………….ta-tap

(It’s a long hallway)

we had hardwood in an old house of ours. Cat played hockey with golf balls on it at night. No matter how well we hid the golf balls.

WE’d hear them ricochet off the base molding at 2 am.