Gunner Asch wrote:

Ive 3 dogs in the house when Im home, Opie my sidekick, and his mom
and dad who live inside all the time. Plus the cats, number unknown.

The dogs as a group let me know when its potty time, but never go out
after midnight. They sleep on my bed, usually with Opie on his back,
tucked into my armpit and his momma pushed up against my knees. His
dad sleeps at the foot of the bed in HIS spot. They come and go
throughout the night, sharing warm spots with 1-5 cats. Musical bed so
to speak. First thing in the morning, they line up and make it clear
its time to go out and poop. We take a walk around the back 40, they
do their thing. Repeat about 4 times during the waking hours.
When Im working outside, Momma likes to hang out in a safe spot, Opie
still a pup, rambles around a bit, usualy in company with his 6 toed
compadre, Mittens the cat. They investigate the same stuff they
investigated yesterday, and the day before and enjoy each others
company, with periodic checkins with dad for head scratching petting,
then off they go again.


They just want to make sure everything is where it belongs, it's in
their job description.


I cant imagine not letting ones critters not sleep with them, unless
they are so small that rolling over on one might be dangerous to them.
Its a rite of passage in my house, that when a kitten is big enough to
get up on the bed (pretty tall), its now big enough to sleep with the
Family. and not get smooshed. Unfortunately, we had that happen once.
Total bummer to find a smooshed kitten under a sleeping dog.


Maggie is tiny, and snores like an old chain saw. Sometimes she's so
loud they can't hear their TV at full volume. My dad bought wireless
headphones to hear the TV. ;-)


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Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to
prove it.
Member of DAV #85.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida