I just spent the past half hour sitting on the cold hardwood floor with Lilah in my lap. Yes, really, at 3am in the morning.
Apparently, the neighborhood dogs decided to do that thing that often happens at sleepovers.
"Psst, hey, are you awake?"
And then they start talking despite people trying to get some much needed sleep.
It was like that tonight, except with dogs. First one dog started it right after midnight. Lilah replied with that kind of howly-not-quite-baying-but-annoying-nonetheless bark. That went on for about a half hour before the conversation died. Ten minutes later the other neighbor's dog barked and started the conversation again. However because he only barked once, I think it was more of a, "thank god they shut up," comment. Not smart on his part because Lilah proceeded to bark the night away. This kept on for three hours...I don't really know if it's a good thing that Lilah was at least inside, whereas the other dogs were in their yards.
After discovering how ineffective it was to yell at her, I finally gave in, changed out of my pjs, and headed downstairs.
The only solution was to sit with Lilah to calm her down and ensure that she most certainly didn't respond when the neighbor's dog barked, "is anyone still awake?" And pray that the chatty dog would fall asleep.
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