Billie Cryer: PSYCHED to Be Alive

by Dan Cryer

Billie Holiday Cryer is slow to get up most mornings, but once she's up, she's psyched. After bolting down a quick breakfast, she's out in the backyard trying to catch rabbits, squirrels, and the occasional cat running across the top of the fence. And, much to her owner's annoyance, she's a relentless barker, somehow believing that barking over, and over, and over, and over again at the squirrels in the trees will make them more likely (rather than less) to come down and say "hi."

She's also a very dedicated fetch player, spending as much of her free time (well, it's all free time really) as possible practicing her chasing skills, growling skills, chewing skills, and her ability to spot her owner's fake throws so she doesn't get fooled (she's not making much progress on this last one).