Saturday, February 11, 2012

Dogs on Furniture: Have you got room?

Sometimes, when we have enough people over, poor little Elka doesn't have a place on the couch any longer. She'll wander around, whining occasionally, nosing people, and making herself a general nuisance. Sometimes, she'll sit in an easy chair behind me, and under absolute duress, she'll use her bed. 


Once a seat gets vacated, she jumps right up into it and curls up, looking beguilingly at the seat's owner when they come back. This is where the "Off" and "Move" commands have come in handy. I've sort of idly been looking for one of those "bolster" or "couch" style of dog beds instead, but it's hard to want to shell out the amount of cash that most companies charge for a glorified pillow. Especially if she isn't going to lay on it!

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  1. Those beds are expensive, almost as much as another chair. ;)

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    1. It's true! However, we do have floor space for "furniture" like that. We don't have wall space for another chair (or at least not in the room where everybody is hanging out)!

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  2. I love the way she curls up and looks like a tiny dog that won't take up much space.

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    1. It constantly amazes us, how small she can curl up!

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  3. Poor Elka! That is funny that she has lots of soft spaces, but wants HER space!

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    1. She wants HER space. And YOUR space. Really, if she could crawl into us effectively, she'd be thrilled!

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  4. Sounds familiar. The funny thing is, we only want furniture during the day. Me and DeDe won't sleep on the bed with Jen!

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    1. Oh how funny! I wonder why....is Jen a bed hog? You can tell me ;)

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  5. just dropping by from the blog hop... Elka yar fur-tunate to own a bed and have access to furnitures... xoxox Vanilla Bean

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  6. If you get Elka one of those fancy beds you could have a few people sit in it first. Then she'll definitely want to sit in it.

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    1. That's a fantastic idea! She definitely wants to be close to us, and loves the smell of our things.

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  7. We know all about seat stealing!

    Stop on by for a visit
    Kari
    http://dogisgodinreverse.com

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    1. The canine population is much higher in your house, you must know!

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  8. omg, desmond is the EXACT same way. he will sit in his own bed as a last resort only. and the only time he'll plop down on the floor is when he is utterly exhausted (like after the dog park in mid-august). he's so bad with this that we actually have to bring him his own chair to backyard parties and things, like one of those fold-up canvas chairs. ok, well, we don't HAVE to do that, but we do it anyway, because he's spoiled. :-)

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    1. Yeah, Elka lays on the actual floor during the summer, post-walks!

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