Proven a Fool...by the Dog

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GoodEnuff

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Two years ago, I moved into a small house with small rooms. As a result, I had to switch from a queen bed to a full (double) bed. The double bed is much higher, 12" or so? My little shih tzu is not a good candidate for jumping on and off that bed so, of course, every night I pick him up and place him in his spot on the bed. Every morning, when he is ready to get up (usually an hour or two after me, he likes to sleep in) he stands on the edge of the bed and barks. I go in there and take him off the bed.

At the foot of the bed, there is an ottoman, which is much lower than the bed. The other dog, young and strong, jumps on that, then up onto the bed. It's her thing and she is good at it. During the daytime, I usually keep the bedroom door shut to keep the dogs where I can see them. Now and then, it stays open.

The other day, I left the door open. Couldn't find the old shih tzu, middle of the day, was looking all over for him. Guess where he was? On the bed! I did not put him there. He jumped up there by himself. He has done it several times since. Hrumph!
 

GoodEnuff said:
Two years ago, I moved into a small house with small rooms. As a result, I had to switch from a queen bed to a full (double) bed. The double bed is much higher, 12" or so? My little shih tzu is not a good candidate for jumping on and off that bed so, of course, every night I pick him up and place him in his spot on the bed. Every morning, when he is ready to get up (usually an hour or two after me, he likes to sleep in) he stands on the edge of the bed and barks. I go in there and take him off the bed.

At the foot of the bed, there is an ottoman, which is much lower than the bed. The other dog, young and strong, jumps on that, then up onto the bed. It's her thing and she is good at it. During the daytime, I usually keep the bedroom door shut to keep the dogs where I can see them. Now and then, it stays open.

The other day, I left the door open. Couldn't find the old shih tzu, middle of the day, was looking all over for him. Guess where he was? On the bed! I did not put him there. He jumped up there by himself. He has done it several times since. Hrumph!
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Maybe your oldster just likes to be cuddled and pampered?
 
MarkD said:
Maybe your oldster just likes to be cuddled and pampered?
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Oh, he definitely does. His "place" is at the head of the bed, on the other side from me, on his own little blanket. Yeah, I know. But he gets cold easily so I cover him when needed. Now and then, he sneaks over and gets near my head/chest, the other one snuggles up to my lower back, and I am trapped in that position.

When we adopted the younger spaniel mix, I bought a bigger recliner so we could all three fit in it at the same time. Actually, I bought two matching recliners. Now, she gets the one near the window so she can bark every time a leaf moves. He gets the one away from the windows, close to the desk/computer/kitchen, with a blanket so the cold leather doesn't touch his tummy. I sit in a straight back dining chair most of the time.

Yeah, and it isn't just dogs. I have had cats and they are even sneakier. Dogs do this to be cute and cuddly. Cats do it because they are King or Queen and The Boss Of You. Don't ask how I know this, lol.
 
I recently babysat my granddaughter's dash hound, among all his 'accessories' was a dogie stepping stairs to get in the bed.. she ordered it from Amazon.
I once had a Jack Russell, kept it two days and had to return it...I wasn't fast enough...that dog ran at full speed everywhere it went.
 
My late sister's pugs always insisted on sleeping with me when I'd come to visit. I slept in my side curled up, so I'd have one pug snuggling against my abdomen and the other one snoring away tight against my lower back. I rather got used to it.

Animals are opportunistic. Another sister had her two cat litter boxes in the same room as their dishes. She noticed that the boxes were filling up faster and the cats were eating twice as much.

She moved the litter boxes to the top floor and the food dishes to the basement. BAM! Less eating and, thus, less pooping. Nobody was losing weight. It was just too easy to eat, poop, and go back to eat some more. Just like the ancient Roman bacchanalias.

Another sister had three cats. She installed a cat door from the kitchen to the enclosed back porch and put their food and litter boxes out there. It was a simple clear flexible plastic flap door and two of the cats used it immediately with no complaints, but the Himalayan just refused. He'd sit on one or the other side of the flap and yowl for hours.

She'd push him back and forth through the flap but he wasn't.having.it.... she figured if he got hungry enough, he'd use it. Nope, he was willing to starve to prove a point.

She lost that battle.
 
The young spaniel mix is very creative in coming up with ways to get attention.

I arose this morning around 4:30 am. She usually follows me, then settles down in a comfie place and waits for breakfast. The old Shih Tzu stays in bed, sleeps in. This morning, sitting at the computer at about 6:30 am, I heard her barking in the bedroom. She was on the bed, jumping around, waking up the old guy, who was just looking up with the, "What? This better be important" look on his face. I picked him up, set him down on the floor and she proceeded to run circles around him, "Let's Play!" He just stood there.
 

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