October 7, 2011
Dog Theories
Molly has been really attached to me lately. People, including myself, have been trying to come up with theories as to why she’s sticking to me like glue and sleeping with me, when she’s never slept in my bed before, really, unless the parents were gone.
My mother’s theory is perhaps a bit too personified to be real. She believes that Molly is sleeping with me now because her and my father snore too much. While Dad, especially, is quite the snorer, I don’t really understand how this would be the case. Surely Molly would never have slept there if that’s something she actually minded.
My theory is self-centered. It’s also based on hormones, because that’s my reason for everything nowadays. (Only sometimes is it a joke.) My theory is that I must be smelling female to Molly now. I am really the only one who punishes her, and she listens to me more than other people. Because I’m now female, then, my theory is that in Molly’s mind, I have ousted my mother as the alpha female of our little pack, so she has to be all nice to me to earn favor. Again, kind of a self-centered theory.
Cara’s theory is one I didn’t consider. Cara thinks that Molly can somehow tell that I am about to move out and move somewhere else. I guess it’s one of the things that dogs can sense? Molly is trying to keep me around, so she’s trying to play nice so I will stay. I suppose that’s possible? But goodness, that’s some good intuition if Molly can figure that out. I don’t know what has really changed about my habits to have clued her in on that if it is true.
What is the real reason? I have no idea. But having Molly curled up with me is awesome. So no complaints here!