Tap Dancing and Levitation

[Pat and Traveler]

We haven’t really mastered a nice ‘greeting people at the door.’ My bad–I’ve been negligent. Strangers aren’t a problem. Trav jumps up on the leather couch by the door and observes, with great interest, his head in the general vicinity of my shoulder. He doesn’t bark or door dash; he’s just there to observe.

If one of his Beloved People arrive, greeting takes on a whole new meaning. He has a vague and imperfect grasp of the concept ‘don’t jump up–four on the floor.’ There’s the couch on one side of the door and big table on the other. He has levitated onto the table, where he dances with joy. It’s disconcerting to see a fairly big dog dancing on a table. Or he may choose the couch–he’s up, but not jumping up. Trav understands these technicalities.

One of his Beloved People is the daughter who has been living with me for a few months. Every time she’s been out for a while, he greets her like this homecoming is Sunrise on the First Day. Yesterday, I heard something strange. It sounded like a couple of tap dancers on speed, wearing squeaky shoes. Unbeknownst to me, my daughter had come back from an outing, and was standing in the doorway. Trav jumped up on the couch, and the sound I heard was his four feet, dancing in place on the couch, combined with little whining sounds of delight. It was like watching a performance by one of the Lipizzaner Stallions, a noisy one. There’s no way you can see this and not laugh.

One of these days we’ll work on perfecting a door greeting, but I have a feeling I’ll miss that joyous tap dancing.

[Jennifer and Jack]

I want a video too, and I for sure want popcorn, and junior mints, and a big diet coke to watch the video with

[Laurie, Fudge, and Vern]

I want a video, so I can watch it over and over again with popcorn :) Love this blog!!

[Jane, Guinness and Murphy]

Oh I wish you could get a video of this....it sounds so cute.