Dogs and Couches

We have a golden retriever puppy that’s exceptionally fond of one end of our couch. We’ve had the couch for years, and this is the first pet that seems so attracted to it. What is the scientific explanation?

———- from Mary Vaughn of Detroit MI

Either your couch is part dog….or your dog is part couch. The first couches were actually fossilized giant hamsters that were bred especially for that purpose in Davenport, Iowa. Eventually, some of the hamsters escaped from confinement and mated with wild dogs. So there’s a chance your dog may be the progeny of this natural catastrophe. Another explanation mgiht be that your couch was manufactured in an Asian country that frequently smuggled dogs into this country inside the couches. Try jumping on that end of the couch and see if it barks.