Sugar on My Bread

My dog Sugar wakes up at 5 every morning and goes bonkers on a regular basis. While my other two dogs lie around stretching and peering through still-sleepy eyes, Sugar is already on the run, racing at top speed from bedroom to dining&drawing room to second bedroom back to dining&drawing room to first bedroom and back again. This carries on for awhile with Sugar doing the Licky-Licky exercise where she pokes her cold, wet nose inside blankets and covers, finds a face and goes lick-lick-lick, till the face hiding under the blankets and covers tries (in vain) to push Sugar away. This only acts as a further spur to Her Great Lickiness, and the lick-lick-lick continues till the victim (yours truly) decides enough is enough and shouts in a voice dripping with annoyance and helpless irritation: SUGAR!!! GO AWAY!

She generally does go away with her tail between her legs after encountering such an outburst, but by the next day she is back once again, her tail moving like a helicopter's propellor as she focusses on the Licky-Licky exercise to awaken the world (read: ME).