Doggies watching TV - HA!

Lil Bear looking out the picture window, one of his fave pastimes.

Benjamin after he just woke up xo

Sometimes when we watch TV my two dogs, Benji and Lil Bear get real interested if there are any animals on the screen. So one night I wrote a little "Dr. Seuss" type of poem about that. Here it is...if you read it out loud to a kid it'll get you both laughing : )

Snufflepups and Grumblerumphs

Snufflepups and Grumblerumphs!

My doggies LOVE to watch TV.

They hufflejump onto our laps

 where they drape themselves to doze

 until suddenly their ears pop up

and they tremble to their toes.

They rrrumble and grrrumph

rather fiercely I say—

at lightflashing actors

with four legs or nay—

“Oh who, oh who, and how, and when

will they come through the screen

and land in our den?

Will we lick them in greeting

right on their ear?”

“Grrrrrumph! GRRRRrrrrrrrrrr    rrr   rr   r rumble! Umphsnuffle!”

they cheer.

Snufflepups and grumblerumphs!

Smart as whips, my doggies prance

around the TV to the back,

all ashiver at the chance

to increase their doggie pack—

If only

the actors

weren’t        so         FLAT—

not round, just sound— no smell,

oh well!

Snufflepups and grumblerumphs!

They dash across the room—

over the table, across the rug

 and skid to a halt.

 And sit very still.

 With one paw up.

And say to the screen

 “Hey! Hey! Who IS that

in this very strange scene!?”

“How can we tell

if they don’t have a smell

if they’re friend or foe—

and how do we know

to protect or reject

or sniff

or lick

or snuffle

or grumble

or rumph?

Umph!”

My doggies say.

~Jennifer Berghage 12/2011

Namaste