The first time Franklin the bulldog plopped himself into a new hole in the yard and made himself perfectly comfy, his owners burst into laughter. They had never expected that their cute pup would love to do this over and over again.
Grant and Caitlin were digging in their yard when they discovered their dog’s unusual penchant.
“A few months after Franklin came to live with us, we were digging a trench to put in a new drainage system for the gutters,” said Caitlin, a marine biologist who works as a scientist supporting the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
“He just hopped down into it and snuggled into the perfectly bulldog-sized trench. He was happy as a clam and did not want to get out—we would pick him up out of it, and right back in he went.”…