Friday, August 27, 2010

Testing the Limits

We have had Macy for nearly 2 1/2 years now.  In all that time, she has never once got on the bed or the couch.  She never tried, we never encouraged it, and all was well.  There are times when we would like to snuggle on the bed rather than the floor, but for the most part everyone is pretty happy with this arrangement - especially since Macy can be a little moody about having her own space and by now she would have probably taken over the whole bed and booted me and Tracy to the floor with Buford and Puddin!

A couple of days ago Tracy walked into the guest room and found this:


In disbelief, he called me upstairs.  Instead of making her get down immediately, I got the camera and snapped a few pictures.  I'm sure this was bad parenting!  I guess she figured that since she wasn't in trouble, she may as well stretch out and get comfortable!


Her legs are wrapped because she took a spill on some stairs last weekend while we were doing a home visit for a potential adopter.  Apparently, she thought she could use our sympathy to her advantage!  

Macy has been up on the bed at some point every day since!  I know she got really ticked off at me this morning when I made her get down!  In mid-jump from the bed to the floor she was already growling at poor Puddin who was just an innocent bystander.  Once she was on the floor, she tried to swallow Puddin's head - when Macy gets mad, she always takes it out on either Puddin or Buford!

5 comments:

genji said...

I do have to say that sleeping without 2-3 greyhounds and Parker on the bed is much more relaxing. Not to mention waking up to a greyhound butt in your face :)

houndstooth said...

Usually it's just Bunny who wants to sleep on the bed when we do, or occasionally Morgan. Lilac can't get up there and doesn't like the squishy feel when she walks on it. Blueberry will get up there and lay down during the day, but she prefers to sleep with nobody close to her. It's funny how differently they react to being on the bed!

Trina said...

She looks very content on that bed!

IHateToast said...

gyeong is so picky. some people would consider waking up to a full moon lovely.

i am sure that i have reinforced more bad behaviour because of the one-off cuteness factor. oh well, they're not that bad. and the orange looks good. noice.

Michelle said...

All of mine get on the bed, but lucky for us they usually do not attempt to do this at night. Mags is the only one who sleeps with us on the bed at night. :)