Revisited by one of my dogs?

 A couple of days ago the house was very noisey. Not your typical footfalls or loud crashes; just noises. I was busy working in a spareroom over the kitchen. Its a room we have never gotten around to restoring and is used primarily to keep my collection of citrus trees going until I can move them outside in the spring. I was planting seed for tomatoes and peppers in a hothouse fixture I have, for, hopefully, early transplants for this springs garden. Having completed that job I decided to test two of my citrus trees to see if they were in need of water. These two trees are on a table in front of the eastern window of the room. Directly north of this area is the doorway out of the room into a hall that leads past the upstairs bath on the east and the stairway down on the west. As I had just pulled the moisture meter from the soil of one of the trees I saw a schnauzer turn the corner in the hall and disappear down the stairs. I was startled, as our present Schnauzer is not allowed upstairs except at night when we turn in. I was discusted, thinking my wife had opened the gate and let the dog upstairs. Going downstairs to see why; I noticed the gate was up. My wife was working on a craft project in the kitchen. I asked her why she had let our dog upstairs? She replied, "What are you talking about? He's been asleep in front of the microwave for at lest an hour. Was the gate open?" Our talking had apparently awakened him and he was in the middle of a stretch and yawn as I looked on. I said the gate was shut. So who did I see? Thinking back on it, I suspect, a little male I had for 18 years. But who really knows?       Hit "link to this entry", to continue.