[Dailydrool] Furniture and litter boxes

[Mucci, Annette]

Marlene's furniture post sounded so much like my house...

The stare down, the whining, the pawing, everything.

Sophie is the the worst at this.  She has two spots that she has laid
claim to...
If I'm in one of them, she demand that I let her lay across my lap,
which of course I don't really mind.  
If another dog is in her spot, she will whine and pace and paw.  

Schroeder does the stare down.  He will just sit and stare and stare and
stare and wipe his slobber on you or sometimes shake his slobber, until
you get up and then he takes your spot and half of the couch and a
pillow or two.  He likes to especially wait until the dadslave gets up
for a bathroom break and then secretly snatches his spot.  He is all
about patiently and quietly waiting until he gets what he wants.

We have had our leather couches for about 11 years now and they have
held up to just about anything from the dogs, which is why I don't fret
about them being on the furniture.  When we first bought them I thought
my god I will be paying this off forever, but it has been well worth it
in the long run.  I also have a few dog beds in the living room that
they take turns sleeping on....sometimes...

As far as the litter boxes... I have never had a dog at any time in my
life (always had at least 1 dog and 1 cat) who didn't think the litter
box was a refridgerator of filet mignon... Yuck... I have a pretty good
baricade built now, but only after cleaning crusted litter out of
nostrils, teeth, head, ears, you name it, after a long day of work.

Love and drool to all,
Annette, Maya, Cassie (atb), Schroeder, Sophie, Apollo & Cash
And Jazz and Kiki, the cats who continue to tolerate a life with dogs...
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