When Taz was a little puppy, every night he'd come into my bedroom, jump up on the bed, and curl up on top of the covers, behind the crook of my bent legs to sleep. When he got older, he decided that sleeping on a dog bed under the bedside table was more grown up and dignified.
Squeak started out the same way, but being short haired, she liked to be covered up. It didn't take long until she figured out that when I laid on my side she could crawl down under the covers and snuggle up against my back. I let her get away with it because it was cute and after all, she was still a puppy.
We were always worried that I might hurt her if I rolled over on one of her little skinny legs, so recently Carol bought her a nice dog bed and put it on top of the bed in her bedroom.
I always go to bed first, and the two dogs and Carol stay up and watch TV. When she gets sleepy she tells the dogs, “OK, time to go to bed!”
Taz goes straight into my bedroom, gets on his bed under the table, spins around two or three times and settles down for a good nights sleep.
Squeak goes into Carol's bedroom, jumps up on the bed, gets on the new dog bed and lets Carol cover her up.
Every morning around 4 am, when Taz wakes me up with his “It's time to get up!” growl, I realize that I have a little doggy curled up against my back. She very seldom wakes me up when she slides under the covers during the night, and when I turn the bedside lamp on in the morning, she lays there behind me with her head on the pillow, and gives a little squeak of displeasure at the sudden light.
Slowly but surely, if they keep at it and don't get discouraged, the dogs will have us completely trained.
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