Happy September Friends! I can't believe how fast summer has been flying by!!! We have been keeping pretty busy round here this summer...Home improving projects...
and as always, of course, hunting.......
Being the mascot and general side - kick while keeping the troops in line....
Awwwwww....You guys....It looks like love......
I'm also into inspecting the jobs to make sure they're getting done right......
Michaelangelo has a new lap to lounge in.....
(Michael likes to hang out with the other meat eaters in the house..... uh huh....they sure change their allegiance when someone gives them raw meat!!)
And along with the changes, and newness sometimes come the need for other changes.....
Like sleeping arrangements, perhaps....
Lately, Michael has been much more "awake" in the middle of the night, what with jumping down (boom!) from the bed at 2:30, 3:30, 4:30, 5:30 and so on to scratch for 5 or 10 minutes, then whining because he wants a hand getting back up on the bed....Neither myself nor our new house mate - my new partner - are getting much sleep and with all the changes and adjustments, I'm finding myself getting up numerous times in the night to try to sort out Michael's unsettledness, then it wakes T because I'm trying to get Michael to settle on the floor at the foot of the bed.......
Sigh.
Michael has one thought: to be in the bed, under the covers.
Exhausting...
Not only is there this sleep issue, but the issue of how the boyfriend feels about having dogs IN the bed, UNDER the covers, where, you know, naked bodies, OUR naked bodies might be, and he's a scientist/biologist type guy who thinks of all these things, so now he has me thinking about it how clean is my dog really??? Yeah, he's dealt with it before with some ex's who had dogs, who slept in their beds, but that doesn't mean he ever liked it...and so.....anyway, I see his point, and I see how Michael is also disrupting - big time - our sleep.....and sometimes, it shows....
HHhhhhmmmm
So....Somewhere in here some compromises have to be made....
I realize animals are a little like humans, they get used to their routines and when big changes come about, it takes time for them to adjust as well.....
HHhhmm. But how do I go about this? How do I stop something so natural (Michael crawling right into bed and under covers) and re-train Michael to be ok sleeping in a bed at the foot of my bed, beside my bed? I don't know....But it's something I have to give some serious thought to....
Any ideas any of you who train dogs?!?!
Sigh.
Michael has one thought: to be in the bed, under the covers.
Exhausting...
Not only is there this sleep issue, but the issue of how the boyfriend feels about having dogs IN the bed, UNDER the covers, where, you know, naked bodies, OUR naked bodies might be, and he's a scientist/biologist type guy who thinks of all these things, so now he has me thinking about it how clean is my dog really??? Yeah, he's dealt with it before with some ex's who had dogs, who slept in their beds, but that doesn't mean he ever liked it...and so.....anyway, I see his point, and I see how Michael is also disrupting - big time - our sleep.....and sometimes, it shows....
HHhhhhmmmm
So....Somewhere in here some compromises have to be made....
I realize animals are a little like humans, they get used to their routines and when big changes come about, it takes time for them to adjust as well.....
HHhhmm. But how do I go about this? How do I stop something so natural (Michael crawling right into bed and under covers) and re-train Michael to be ok sleeping in a bed at the foot of my bed, beside my bed? I don't know....But it's something I have to give some serious thought to....
Any ideas any of you who train dogs?!?!
Time to get caught up with everyone........
A couple of my royalty boys.....
Always looking for the next adventure.....
We hope you enjoy the rest of your summer!
2 comments:
I've had the same dilemma a couple of times. But everyone has to figure out their own solution. :-)
Sorry, but I have to agree with T on this one....no dogs in my bed! I am a huge fan of dog beds, and my dog is too. He has one in our bedroom for nighttime, one in the living room for family time and one in the basement rec room for sleepovers (the dog abandons me when the kids have sleepovers). Get a comfy one and who knows, Michael may like being a big dog in his own bed!
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