Panting

     I  was in the library, using the computer, reading entries in the Atlantis Rising Forum; when I heard heavy panting coming from the diningroom. I thought it was my dog and said,"Whats wrong Rowdy, are you lying in the sun?" Upon hearing his name Rowdy got up from under my chair and looked at me. He was obviously asleep under my chair when I heard the panting sound coming from the ajacent room. When I spoke the panting sound stopped. The panting that I heard was like that of a dog who is very hot from exertion. To me it sounded like the panting of a dog considerably larger than mine. The sound definitely came from the diningroom. My dog and I were the only ones home. This is a new one for this house. Another noise I can't explain.