Pumpkin has been studying existentialism while you are away at work. Being a dog, he suffers from a mild case of dyslexia and becomes depressed when he misreads Nietchzie’s god is dead argument as Dog is dead. Pumpkin also realizes that his lack of opposable thumbs makes refilling the empty glass impossible He then just lays his head down and waits for the four horsemen to arrive and free him from bondage that is his life.

Or he is a silly dog who sleeps with his head on the table.