Gin and Soda

Francis, our great dane, was quite interesting last night.....ever since Jake has been gone (was put to sleep about a month ago), about every other night or so when we put Fran to bed in his crate, he complains. Like, little sounds...it goes something like this:

Fran: "Mmmm......"

Silence.

Fran: "Mmmmmmmmmmm......"

Silence.

Fran: "MMMmmmmrrrrrrrr.....mmm.....hummmmmrrrr....."

Me: "Fran, stop."

Fran: "MMRRRRR....rrrrrrr.......rahhh...."

Me: "FRAN, NIGHT NIGHT TIME."

Fran: "rrr...."

And then nothing and he falls to sleep. But last night it was more like this:

Fran: "HUH-UMMMMMMRrrrrrrrrrr................rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr............rrr."

Short silence.

Fran: "RRRRRRWAAAAHHHH...........mmmmmmm.......WAAAHHHHRRRRAAA."

Me: "FRAN!!! STOP"

Fran: "MMMMMMWAAAAAA.............rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.................rrrrrrrrrrAHHHHHHOOOOOOH!"

Bernie: "What the hell?"

Fran: "OOOOOOOOOhhhhhhhhWAAA WAAA......rrrrrrr.........RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR."

Me: "Fucking shit....."

So then I said, "Maybe he's outgrown the cage thing." So Bernie suggested I put his bed by our bed on the floor and see what happens. So, I got his round bed out of the TV room and put it on the floor. Then let him out. He went STRAIGHT BEELINE for the round bed, spun around three times, and plopped down. Never said another word, slept straight through the night, even when I got up to pee he didn't get up. In the morning when Bernie got up before me to shower, THEN he jumped up in the bed and slept next to me.

So, I guess he's all grown up now.