Sprout plays 'Lassie'
It started when I, in typical ADD fashion, put slices of cheese on rye in the oven broiler to make cheese toast for breakfast. That takes about three minutes, so I thought I'd use the time to take a couple of things down to the basement. Once in the basement, I forgot about the oven and began moving boxes of papers and books out to the storage shed.
Sprout has two speeds. This is the speed he was at when I became sidetracked, but when smoke began boiling out of the oven as bread and cheese became charcoal, he shifted to his other speed.
Nereida was still asleep. Sprout ran into the bedroom and whined and whimpered and poked her in the arm with his nose. When she woke, Sprout left the bedroom and ran toward the kitchen. When Nereida, still trying to wake up, didn't follow, Sprout ran back to the bedroom, alternated barking and punching her arm with his nose until she smelled my burning breakfast and followed him into the kitchen. Yes, we have smoke detectors, but Sprout's nose is more sensitive.
Good dog, Sprout!
Sprout's other speed.