14 October 2009

The Golden Fleece

Some of you may know we adopted a pound puppy this summer. She is cute, but frustrating. Eric made the observation that she needs a LOT of positive reinforcement (seriously, she would be better off if she belonged to an older lady who could dote on her and give her TONS of affection).
Anyway, Eric decided (after the previous night of no sleep b/c of Nani's whining) that he'd try to have her sleep inside again. She lost that privilege a couple months ago because she ate a book. We're hoping to prevent this by closing our bedroom door at night.
Hannah has a "bed" made up of an actual dog bed with one of my old blankets on top. She wouldn't use the bed unless the blanket was on it. In fact, wherever the blanket goes, so does Hannah. It's as bad a Linus! Well, we've discovered that it is the same way with Nani. Wherever we put that bed last night, Nani was trying to get on it. We set up a different one for Nani, but she was NOT having it. So, we unfolded the Golden Fleece and spread it over the two dog beds so they would have room to sleep.
I still don't know why dogs love this blanket, but it is the only blanket/bed they want. My mom made the blanket for me probably 10 years ago or so and yet it is the preferred bedding.
And, guess what? No whining AT ALL from Nani. So, I guess we'll be sleeping with two dogs in the room from here on out. Not exactly a fan of that, but I am a fan of uninterrupted sleep.

1 comment:

Momma Sarah said...

Nani was just jealous. Way to go finding a solution for both of them! They're as 'bad' as kids, huh? At least they are sharing nicely!