Blunder

Blunder - to move unsteadily or confusedly; to make a mistake through ignorance, stupidity, or carelessness; to utter ignorantly, stupidly, or carelessly; to make a stupid, careless or thoughtless mistake.

Sometimes I call her Blunder Mifflin. Actually she is doing pretty good lately. No toileting accidents. No major noncompliance issues. She knows what I want and she's pretty agreeable to it. She's gained a couple pounds now that I dress up her meals with yogurt, rice, cheese, or peanut butter toast. My biggest complaint is that she studies me so intently it's unnerving. She'll sit and stare at me when I read the paper, studying my every move. I tell her to stop staring and she watches more intently. If I block her view with the newspaper she'll go and sit down in her dog bed. I go to the bathroom leaving the door partly open and soon enough, a little white head comes around the corner, watching what I am doing. I reach up into the cupboards for the olive oil and when me feet come back down I'm stepping on her hair. Sometimes I feel like I'm the object of a research project.