Good guard dogs

It was raining quite hard and the thunder was shaking the windows, lightning was flashing all around the house. Then came this crashing BOOOOOM that shook the whole house and with that booooom the power went out for what would be five long hours.

I wasn't home alone, my guard dogs Sadie and Max were here to protect me. When they heard the BOOOOM they immediately ran to the back patio door to investigate. There were pawing at the door demanding to go out and protect me and protect their yard. 

It was raining so hard I could barely see the neighbors house just 20 feet away, the wind had blown the patio door open and I knew if I opend the sliding glass doors Sadie and Max would go out on the patio, realize it was raining and then come back in. They don't go out in the rain. Sadie will sit on the patio and cry because she has to pee so badly but she won't go out in the rain. She will run through the sprinklers, dive in the Gulf of Mexico and a swimming pool, but she won't go out in the rain. I have a large golf umbrella that I keep on hand for those occasions.

The were quite insistent that they investigate the source of the BOOOOM so I opened the sliding door and they went charging out on to the patio and much to my surprise they went running into the back yard and the pouring rain! They got about 10 feet out the door and then quickly put on the brakes, realized it wasn't just raining it was pouring and they came charging back in the house and they made a beeline to my bed.

By the time I caught up with them with towels, they were jumping up and down on the bed like a couple of kids, they had managed to completely wreck the bed and toss all of the pillows on to the floor. I'm certain they were celebrating their victory over the back yard beast because whatever made the noise took off when Sadie and Max showed up..they are good guard dogs, its just a pity they don't know how to do laundry.