[ WP ] You open the door to let the dog out in the morning . What you see terrifies you to the bone . The dog is extremely excited by what is there though .

`` It's way too fucking early for her to be waking me up!!'' I call out to Jake from our bed. `` LET HER OUT'' 
... no answer. Of course. He's probably got his headphones on, pulling yet another all nighter. 
 
 My dog Ziggy is still crying at the back door by the time I summon the strength to roll out of bed. Usually she likes to sleep with me, and she much prefers the indoors than being stuck outside, especially in winter. I think to myself that she probably needs to pee. 
 
 Squinting out into the backyard it looks like it's been snowing. A few inches at least. 
 I unlock the back door and slide it open, letting in a cold gust of wind. 
 `` Brrrr zig, are you sure you want out? It's fucking freezing this morning... ca n't you wait for the sun to come out?'' 
 She obviously has no idea what I'm saying and pushes her chunky gut past my legs and out the door. 
 `` She looks more like a nugget than a dog'' I think to myself as I walk across the house to the study where I'm sure I'll find Jake, scrolling through reddit. 
 
 As I reach the study door I pause - that familiar blue glow that flickers under the gap in the door is n't there. I assume he must have fallen asleep at his desk and his computer locked itself. I do n't wake him, I figure he will make his own way to bed when he's ready. 
 Falling asleep again is n't hard, and I'm out as soon as I hit the pillow. 
 
 I manage to get a few more house in before I wake up - a more reasonable hour this time. 
 I shuffle out into the kitchen where I flick the switch for the kettle. I lean against the counter, letting myself zone out for a moment when the pop of the kettle switch brings me back into the moment. What was I even thinking about? Weird how daydreams work. 
 
 I pour myself a tea and head for the backyard. 
 `` Ziggy piggy!!! Are you hungry??'' 
 As expected, my sweet, fat girl comes running around the corner, tail flapping about as it always does when I mention the magic `` H'' word. 
 She's a little more excited today though, and she's not running circles around her bowl like she usually does. 
 She keeps looking towards the very back of the yard, as if she is waiting or signalling for me to go over with her. 
 `` What's up baby? What did you find?'' 
 
 I start to walk and Ziggy runs ahead of me to the tall oak tree up the back. 
 I can see she's been digging. Fuck. Landlord wo n't like that. 
 When I get closer to the tree I notice the large hole and Ziggy jumping inside. I ca n't see the bottom but I can tell it's huge. 
 I feel a chill right through my bones as I watch her jump. 
 
 Before I can start to panic, Ziggy jumps out of the hole, holding something in her jaw. What the fuck? 
 I half-turn my head and call towards the house `` Jake? Are you up yet? Can you come outside please?'' 
 Ziggy walks up next to me and places the thing next to my feet. It's covered in warm doggy spit. Gross. 
 I ca n't figure out what she's given me, so I approach the hole slowly. 
 I lean over the top and look down into the ground, it's deeper than I expected. 
 `` Geez Ziggy piggy did you really dig this?'' 
 Just as I start to shuffle my feet to get a better look, I feel Ziggy jump up against my back. I fall in and hit the ground - hard. 
 
 Despite the fall I seem to be undamaged, but this hole is way too deep for me to climb out of. I dont even know how Ziggy did it. 
 
 When I look up, I see her staring down at me with deliberate, menacing eyes. 
 `` Jakes mine now, bitch.''
