Rolling Dog Farm Blog

Alayne and I were eating lunch when we looked over and saw blind Widget bobbing and weaving, trying to find a way off the chair she’d been sleeping on.  Now, we were somewhat incredulous, since she had just climbed onto that chair less than an hour before.  And this is a chair she has climbed onto … and down from … countless times before.  In fact, it’s her usual ‘morning siesta’ perch which she promptly abandons at lunch time.  Well, our lunch time, but she thinks any meal is worth sharing, especially ours.

So, just when we sit down for lunch is generally her cue for waking up, climbing down, and sauntering over to see what’s for lunch. 

Widget is brimming with confidence and loves to explore, and thus her hesitation to get off the chair caught our attention.  We used to have a ramp for the short-legs to get up into the chair, but we moved it over to the futon sofa, so Widget had used a cot as a substitute.  Coming down was, apparently, a different thing altogether!  She started woo-wooing while she bobbed and weaved, almost as if she was psyching herself up for the big move, like an Olympic diver about to jump off the board.  It was as if she was having a case of performance anxiety.  I went to the office to get the video camera. 

This is a bit longer than our usual video clips — it’s just under 90 seconds.  Part of that is because there’s about 15 to 20 seconds of spine-tingling tension — will she?  won’t she? — as Widget sits motionless, pondering whether to take the daring 4-inch leap or not.