Originally Posted by Rasczak

About 2:00 AM I'm sound asleep and a banging and ruckus at the window wakes me up 90 minutes ago. I thought my dog may have caught a rodent or something, and I turned to look in time to see her bust through the screen on the window and enter our bedroom.

The dog knows she's not allowed in the bedroom - she's especially afraid to come in when my wife is there because my wife is so strict about it.

On Independence day and New Years Eve people shoot off fireworks all night. These are the few times I ever see my dog beside herself with anxiety, except she's like this tonight. I took her out to the couch and tried to sleep there with her, but she's so clingy and excited - panting and restless that I couldn't sleep.

Her condition worried my wife so much that she allowed her to come to bed with us. We still couldn't sleep because the dog is so beside herself, leaning against us, panting incessently, etc.

Then she farts. It stinks badly. She jumps off the bed and takes a huge dump on the carpet next to the bed. She's never crapped in the house.

Nonetheless, this dried up our sympathy and the dog is back outside.

I figured I'd post about it on the outside chance this is one of those things where animals start acting crazy before an earthquake or something.