New puppy-owner lesson #99

"Are you doing what I think you're doing?" my friend asked when she came out of the bathroom and saw me crouched low to the floor, shaking my head and making noises.

"That depends," I said, looking up, removing long, coarse and strangely salty hairs from my mouth. "What do you think I'm doing?"

"I think you're blowing on the dog's belly. That doesn't even work," she said.

"Yeah, I figured that out."