THE CLUBHOUSE

The area under my roommate's bed has become known as "The Clubhouse" to our puppies, Izzy and Bandit. Bandit is Holly's 1/2 Miniature Poodle, 1/2 Shih Tzu puppy. Whenever the door is open to Holly's room, you can bet that Izzy and Bandit are in the clubhouse. Last week, Holly was attempting to shoo the little ones out from under the bed, when she found that Izzy was conspicuously absent from the raid. She knew the two had entered The Clubhouse earlier and decided to investigate. She reached her arm as far as she could under the bed and proceeded to feel around for Izzy. While doing this, she felt a hole in her box springs. She reached her hand through the hole and, sure enough felt a wiry little terrier bottom. Izzy was in her box springs! Needless to say, Holly yelled for me, and in doing so, startled Izzy and caused her to travel deeper (beyond reach) into the box springs. Holly and I attempted to remove Izzy by tipping the mattress, but this caused Izzy to slip and slide around. Finally, we laid the mattress flat and coaxed Izzy to the hole and closed The Clubhouse until further notice.

My ornery little runt....