Night is especially terrifying, but teeth brushing is excellent

Frankie is afraid.

Things that are OK during the day have the potential to become terrifying at night. 

For instance, Santa yard figurines already scare Frankie enough that he has to thoroughly bark at them during the day.  

"WHY ARE YOU A SMALL MAN THAT SMELLS LIKE PLASTIC!? ARE YOU AN EVIL ROBOT!?! STOP LOOKING AT ME!! BLINK!!!!!!" - Frankie

At night, I'm pretty sure he thinks they become this

Captain Ripley could keep her cool. Frankie can't.

because he just looks at them, then darts by.

Then there are things he doesn't really notice during the day that become terrifying at night... 

We go down this path to his favorite play field without any problems during the day. In fact, during the day he loves going down this path because it means he gets to play and romp around off-leash on the field.

isn't it quaint?

At night, the path becomes this:

Except unlike Snow White, Frankie isn't going down without a fight. He's ready, he barks at every shadow, every light, every flicker of movement! The way he barks, sometimes I wonder if there really are aliens on the path that only he is aware of...

is Predator in Boulder? could be where Predator naps before going to the gun-happy places in Colorado...

or could it be The Silence?

I'll probably never figure out if it's aliens or not. At least, hopefully I won't figure it out...

hopefully if I ever realize there are aliens, it'll be a happier moment than this.

When we finish the night walk, night switches from being terrifying to being a wonderful thing because it means TEETH BRUSHING AND A GREENIE !

First, Frankie sits by the bathroom door and stares at me.

"I'm ready. Whenever you are, don't forget, I'm ready." - Frankie

I generally need a pre-bed snack (teeth brushing is for before going to sleep), so I sit at my desk with food. Frankie buckles down.

"I'm still ready." -Frankie

Eventually he gets the gist that teeth brushing isn't going to happen as soon as he wants...

... so he decides to sit right in-between me feet and stare at me for a while. 

Eventually, the teeth brushing happens and then he totally passes out for the night.

"Were you also going to sleep on this bed? Ha." -Frankie