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Schupie and the great lock out at Grandma’s house

(based on the true adventures of Schupie and set down by a human friend )

 

 

This is a story about a day in the life of a friend of mine.  His name is Schupie.  

This day started as most days do…..

 

 

 A nice stretch,a trot around outside followed by a nutritious breakfast.

Then, the day got even better.

 His Mom said he was going to grandma’s

 (dog being strapped into doggie car seat).

 ( background dog in car with streets and country scenes)

Schupie has a most excellent sense of smell.

 When he smells the bakery  he knows he is almost at his  grandma and grandpa’s house.  (dog in car passing a plaza with bakery)

He loves his grandma and grandpa. 

 When Schupie visits his grandparents he always runs straight  into the house,  and  jump up on grandpa and give him a kiss and then on grandma  and get hugs and kisses. 

 (dog imagining being petted and given treats) 

Now it is just grandma Grandma getting up from chair … chair next to her is an empty chair

Just in case she is sad and misses Grandpa he gives her extra kisses…...he misses grand pa too.

Grandma hugs Schupe  and tells him how good he is  and how she misses grandpa .  Schupie gives her an extra kiss.

Each and every visit Schupie checks to make sure his bowl is where it always is in the kitchen, under the bench that is  under the window. 

Each and every visit  grandma lets him outside so he can check and make sure the back yard is safe and secure. grandma lets him outside to play. 

You already know what an excellent sense of smell schupie has, his sense of smell tells him when there’s been a squirrel in ‘his’yard, or a cat or a bird. That’s why dogs are always sniffing, they are ‘reading’ the smells.

He loves to explore the whole yard and follow the smells and see who has been there and where they went and some days he likes to chase them out of “his”yard. 

This day he was busy sniffing and  followed those good smells right under  the hedge and through a hole into the neighbor’s yard.

 (doggie sniffs along hedges and fences with other little critters getting safely out of his way)  he sniffs and we see him go through a hole in the fence into the neighbors yard). 

 

  And then……….(Schupie looks up) 

 He realized  he  was not in his grandma’s back yard anymore.

He was next door.

He could see his grandma’s yard.

He could sniff along and smell his grandma’s yard.  But he could not find how to get back into the  yard.

So he tried shouting  for his grandma;  he barked.

 

She did not hear him. (grandmanapping)

He barked as  he ran along the hedge and  when  the hedge ended he found was now  in in the front yard and he ran over to his grandma’s front door and barked.

 

When his Mom brought him he’d run  up to the door and grandma would open it for him and he’d go in  but… not today.

No one opened the door.

He did not  know Grandma was at the back door looking for him.

He waited.  

He laid down on the top step wondering what to do. 

He wanted to be inside.  Every time he visits he has a snack. He wanted to be inside sitting on grandma’s lap having his snack. 

He heard a car and looked up and saw the lady next door .

He knew her. He’d met her.  She and grandpa used to talk  when he would take Schupie with him to the mail box.

Schupie sat up and  barked.

He ran across the lawn barking.

He stood on his hind legs and he barked at the neighbor

 He turned and stood on his hind legs and barked at his Grandma’s house.

He stood and barked at the neighbor again.

And she understood. “You want to go to your Grandma’s?”.

 And he barked. YES!

She carried him across the lawn, and up the steps and rang the bell.

When Grand ma answered the door she was so happy to see Schupie.  

She thought he’d gotten lost. 

She thanks her neighbor. 

She tells Schupie how smart he is and how brave he is.

They share his favorite people food, graham crackers.

Schupie cuddles up with Grandma and takes a nap.

Turns out  this has been the best day ever.

 

 

 

 

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Second chance

 am I lucky

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