[Dailydrool] sleeping arrangements

[Nadine Mysker]

When I decided to become a fosterer I was determined the dogs would
not be on the furniture ever and would sleep in a crate at night and
during nap/quiet times.  We failed miserably with our first foster pup
and adopted her a few months into the foster process.

Jill the Bagel has slept in, not at,  the foot of my bed since day
one.  We tried to get her in a crate as soon as we got her; to say she
had an aversion is putting it mildly.  No way, ain't goin' in--ever.
No matter what we tried we could not get her in.  Nothing worked, ie.
me getting in, pulling, pushing, food, nothing - nada - zilch.  So we
figured, as my velcro dog, she would be happy in the hallway outside
the bedroom door.  Yeah, like that was gonna work!  So we let her into
the room.  And immediately she was on the foot of the bed as if she
had been there forever (she was 5+ years old when we began to foster
her).  She primarily still sleeps there at night though during storms
or cold weather she'll end up along side me. And sometimes she'll
burrow under the comforter with only her nose sticking out (or
sometimes just her tail).  If the room gets too warm she'll crawl into
my small closet (her condo) or lay on the floor at the foot of the
bed.

I've learned to nap atop the bed; the couch is too small for she and I
at the same time.  One of us has to curl up in a ball to fit and
generally it is me, not Jill (LOL)!  Now that she has adopted us as
her forever peeps and has become more relaxed, trusting and accepting
her daytime naps are wherever she pleases but usually on the same
level of the house that I am in though on occasion she'll make a liar
out of me and go to whatever level she damned well pleases.

Bagels, gotta love 'em!

Nadine Mysker, slave to Jill the Bagel