Why are these days different from all other days?

Well, this is one of our favorite times of the year: on one Sunday every year, the parking lot at the church next to us is filled more than usual, so that we get to bark for a longer-than-usual amount of time on Sunday.  We see people walking in front of our house, and its our job to bark at them until they aren't in front of our house any more. And, plus, we have that bell that rings on Sunday morning to tell to "be quiet".  So, as you can imagine, Sunday mornings here are pretty hectic. Oh, sure, we were able to get most of the people to get away from our house pretty easily, but there were so many of them, we needed a mid-morning nap to preserve our energy. We're both pretty proud of the good job we do in keeping people from being in front of our house; we don't like the aesthetics of people just standing or walking in front of our house, and we always have to be alert to the fact that any of them could come to the front door and ring the bell or knock on the door, and those are things that are just not allowed. Not on our watch.

But, then, the other part of this time of year that makes it different. In fact, just the other night, Rozi asked Izzi, "Why is this night different from all other nights?" (We should explain that saying "I" or "her" would be confusing, so we're using our full names to explain our conversation(s)). And, Izzi told her that on most nights, we eat either chicken or dog food (or both). But, on that night (and for a lot of nights, according to Izzi) , we also got to eat part of a humongous saltine cracker (at least, that's what Rozi called it). We have to say that we really like this special treat, because it's both yummy and crunchy. Izzi told Rozi that we'll get to eat these crackers for a week or so, which made Rozi happy.

Izzi also told Rozi that on most nights, we get to either sit or sprawl out on the floor, but on these nights, we only sprawl out on the floor. Neither of us is really sure why we get to do this, but we're happy to. You see, sitting (like "good girls" as the people in this house say) is tiring. First of all, you have to use your abdominal muscles to make sure that you stay straight; if you don't, you could fall over. Second, sometimes our feet fall asleep from the weight of our bodies' pushing down on them (Rozi only) and that makes them tingle and we don't like that. And, finally, when we're sitting, we're less likely to be able to fall asleep at the (metaphoric) drop of a hat (in fact, if a hat were to drop, it would not only keep us awake, but Rozi would have to investigate to see if she can eat the hat).  So, since we're sprawling out during dinner, it's a much more comfortable evening than usual. Plus, like we said, we get to eat pieces of those crackers while we're lounging/sprawling.

Izzi also told Rozi that even though, on most nights, we don't dip our faces into our water even once, we get to dip our faces into our water twice. We like doing this because we love to drink water, and usually we have to keep our faces dry. But, on these special nights, we can get our faces wet (just a little), which we like: it's cool (in many senses of the word).

Oh, and the last thing that Izzi told Rozi was that there is also a special food that we could eat if we want to (not the saltine; we DO eat that), which Izzi told Rozi tastes bad..."bitter" is how she put it. Neither of us really like these "herbs", but, we never get to see them at other times of the year, so we sniff them before going back to our sprawling, waiting for more cracker.

So, that's why we like this time of year. For Izzi, this is the third time that she's having these special days (and the first where she's not the only puppy) and for Rozi, it's the first time.

This is not Izzi and it's not Rozi, but it is a dog
on top of a box of those crackers, so we thought
we'd add it to our blog...  

Oh, we both also went around the house to look for something called the "Harvey Korman", but we didn't find it. Or, maybe Rozi did and ate it without telling Izzi.

Oh, happy Passover to everyone!

Arf, Arf, Yip, Arf,
Izzi & Rozi