Pauli cannot jump up on to any of the furniture in my house anymore, so I pick her up and place her wherever she wants to be. Lately, she will not jump off of anything I place her on - she will just sit there and bark and scream at me to come and get her off.
Pauli came to live with us when she was 6 weeks old...at the time I was married to Marc and he insisted that she sleep in a crate...being the dog trainer I was, I was like, sure no problem, she will sleep in a crate...that first night she barked and carried on so that Marc and my Rottweiler, Jake, finally left the room and went to sleep in the guest room...as soon as they left, I opened up the crate and put her in the bed under the covers and she never made another peep and this is where she has slept like a little rock for the last 14 years.
But lately, she does not sleep so well and can be pretty restless...I've worried that she will fall off the bed in the middle of the night and hurt herself. So last week I decided to re-arrange my house. I moved the futon bed that was in the guest room into my bedroom as it is much lower to the floor and moved my bed into the guest room.
My bedroom has french doors that lead out on to a patio into my backyard and I've been folding up the futon into a couch and have so much room now in my bedroom - it's kinda like a second living room!

This is the guest room now - Bosco has no problem getting up on anything these days!
Pauli had no problem getting up and off the futon bed while it was in the guest room...however, once I moved it into my bedroom, all of a sudden, she was not able to jump off of it...really???? So I had to make one more adjustment for Pauli...
how cute is she???
new beds for everyone...
and everyone seems pretty comfortable, for now...
so cute :)
ReplyDeleteLittle Pauli, how cute is she and what a fortunate gal she is! I loved your story of her first night "in the crate"!
ReplyDeleteAwww!!! My first dog was a JRT and my life revolved around her for a very long time. Thanks for reminding me of her with your stories. :)
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