Routines Dandie Dinmonts make their own...

Sister Bliss has developed a routine. It is a morning routine. She doesn't get up with the rest of us. She lies in bed (well it is winter!), in the patch of warmth I left her. Maybe an hour later she appears on the stairs which lead to the main room. She peeps through the bars of the stairs and squeaks. She has decided herself that she can't come down until she is 'invited'. She then expects me to say 'Good Morning Bliss' and then expects the outside door to be opened for her. But it doesn't end there - still she sits on the stairs - I then have to say 'Whoosh!' in an encouraging, enthusiastic manner and only then does she start her day as all dogs should - with a puddle outside :)