Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Sleeping Arrangements

I do have a kennel. It's very spacious and contains a pillowy soft mat for me to lie on. Do I use it? Rarely. Though I do enjoy taking my chew bones in there to munch on when it's too hot to eat them outside.

When I first moved in I tried repeatedly to sleep on my humans' bed, but she wouldn't allow that. I finally settled for sleeping in the master bathroom shower. Curling up under the shower chair on the nice cool tile feels so good after a long days work. Or a long days nap if we didn't go anywhere on that particular day.

During the colder winter months I'll leave the shower and curl up between my humans' bed and the wall. It's a nice cozy and warm spot when there is a bit of a chill in the air.

I've heard that most dogs sleep all through the night. That's something I never could do. I'm just a restless sleeper. I get up and move around several times each night. Often I'll even go outside and wander around the back yard in the pre-dawn hours, come back in and loudly lap up some water from my bowl. The sound of me quenching my thirst is often followed by my human yelling out “Sandi, be quiet! Go back to bed!”. Ok so maybe I wake her up, but at least I know she's still alive. I figure that's part of my job too.

Lately however things have changed. My human has been shutting me in her room with her each night so I can't go out and wander around at all hours of the night. At first I found this very annoying and would give a quick lick on any exposed area of my human so she'd know I was awake and wanted out. I soon realized that wasn't going to work. I have to give my human credit; she is very good at rolling over and going back to sleep without even acknowledging me!

I'm not really sure why this change in sleeping arrangements has occurred; but I have heard much talk of family coming to stay for a wedding in the near future. Who knows, maybe my human thinks I'll be up all night pouncing on people if we do have a lot of company for a few days. Actually, she'd be right. *evil grin*

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