Dear Sacha

I know that you love few things more then a fresh new snow to play in, but do you think it possible that we could REFRAIN from waking me up at 4am in order to go out and play in said snow? Really, acting as if you Must! Pee! Now! HURRY! and then simply frolicking is a wee bit manipulative, don’t you think? Especailly when Mom has JUST gotten to sleep?

And we must also discuss your insistance of staying outside for 30 minutes or so, making me worry that you’ve broken another collar, or have frozen to death, or any manner of ills so that I lose another 30 minutes of sleep, and then happily jumping RIGHT into bed with me after I let you in to share the lack of warmth within your frozen fur.

Stoppit!

Love,
Mom.

PS. Yes, I know you are a dog, and people will think you cannot read and you will play dumb. But you know, that I know that you know!