[Dailydrool] Basset Goats

[Pat Dill]

Reading the post about Winnie's climbing antics reminded me of Al, a blind 
senior foster hound whom we had the privilege of hosting for about six weeks 
before he found his forever home.  He loved to climb, even though it was 
clearly dangerous for him to do so.  I cannot tell you how many times I 
would leave the living room for a few minutes only to return and find him 
stranded on a tiny end table, waiting for rescue.  He would have hopped from 
the floor to the sofa, and then from the sofa to the end table, only to 
realize there was nowhere else to go and that it might be dangerous to move 
around much more.  What was the motivation?

He reminded me of the Peanuts cartoons where Snoopy is perched, 
vulture-like, on his doghouse.

We had to gate him in room with nothing to climb on when we weren't in the 
house lest he get himself into trouble with no one to bring him down to 
safety.

Pat Dill & Carol Sharp