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| LADY IN HER PRIME |
All dogs can drive you crazy at one time or another. Lady did it to me many times, but, often, it was at night.
It would be in the summer, and the temperature in my room was around 70. I'd wake up, and it would be around 80 in my room (or maybe warmer)! Lady would lay on the vent in my room, and the cold air would cool her off. But I'd be burning up.
Then in the winter, the temperature would be around 70. I'd wake up, and it would around 60 (or colder). She was laying on the vent again, preventing the warm air from getting to me.
I had to close my door so I could have a comfortable temperature in my room, and it stayed that way for nearly 10 years.
Lady's been gone about six and a half years, and I'd happily have that problem again. If only...
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