When I was driving out of the carpark of a grocery shop, I spotted a "Boxing Day Sale" sign of a pet shop that shares the carpark with the grocery shop. Then, looking behind to make sure there was no car after mine, I reversed and parked in front of the pet shop.
Look at these!
They were both half price! The stuffed bear, which I thought was a stuffed monkey when I bought it, is called Christmas Bear, but what makes it Christmas is the red hat and jacket only, so it looks like just a bear in red.
There is a reason I bought a new bed for Cinnamon. Until Cookie went, Cinnamon and Cookie slept in their own crates in a small room. But once she lost the comforting company of Cookie, Cinnamon started to bark in her crate at night and didn't stop. In the end, we gave in and allowed her to sleep with us in our bed. But ideally I want her to sleep on her own bedding, so I bought this comfortable looking bed for her. What I have to do next is teach her to sleep alone on this one. Training never ends!!
P.S.
After I wrote this post I realised what I should do with her barking at night is teach her to sleep in her crate alone, quietly... Then, why did I buy a new bed? Never mind...it's pretty anyway.
A girl likes a change of bedding now and then!
ReplyDeleteThe Beaglebratz here - we like Cinnamon's new bed - purty bed fer a purty girl. An' mom won't get us stuffiez like that bear cuz Shasta will destuff it the same day.
ReplyDeleteI think the bed is a great idea, since she's an only dog. Perhaps if you ever add another you can go back to the crate.
ReplyDeleteCrate training has been next to impossible for Marge, so she sleeps on the couch...
That is sad that little Cinnamon misses her Cookie so much at bedtime. They were real cuddle buddies. I think that nice new bed will make her feel better. I understand why you let her in your bed.
ReplyDeleteSlobbers,
Mango
You bought the bed to put in the crate. Yep that's it. :) I think they are both pretty and Cinnamon looks beautiful posed with them. :)
ReplyDeleteLove the new bed!
ReplyDeleteHi Cinnamon - I think your new bed is so pretty! I think it doesn't matter - although you should learn to sleep in your crate (if that's what your humans want), maybe they can put this bed in their bedroom so that you can still "be" with them but just not in their bed!
ReplyDeleteMy human does not approve of dogs in the bed and she says it is a slippery slope - once you start, it is often very difficult to stop! So if your human does not want you to sleep in her bed forever (and what happens if/when another joins the family?), then you must stop sleeping in the bed now and go back to the crate - or maybe at least on your new bed, in the bedroom. The longer you keep sleeping in the humans' bed, the more you will get used to it and then it becomes a habit - and you know how difficult it is to break a habit!
I know it is really hard when we doggies are barking a lot and making a lot of noise for our humans to ignore us but they have to just grit their teeth and do it for a night or two, because otherwise once we learn that we can get what we want from crying, we will never stop! (and we'll start to do it in other situations too) Ignoring is the best solution, so that we learn it does not get us any reward. Even if they give in ONCE, it is enough to make us try harder next time! :-)
Otherwise, I suppose a compromise you can start with is if your humans put your crate in their bedroom (with your new bed, if you like) so that you can still be with them but you understand that they expect you to stay in your crate. And if you cry, they don't let you out or on their bed!!! Then when you are good doing that, they can try moving the crate slowly out of the bedroom - ie. move it slowly closer and closer to the door each night, then just outside the door, then slowly down the corridor each night, until it is back in the spot they want. If they do it gradually, you will hopefully not notice and will get used to it gradually. This is often what they do for puppies.
Of course, your humans may prefer that you remain in the room with them, which is fine. But Hsin-Yi thinks that it is still important that you learn to sleep in your OWN bed and not in their bed (unless they really want that) - this also teaches you more independence from them and security in yourself. Doggies that rely too much on being with their humans all the time and are never "forced" to learn to be by themselves often develop separation anxiety problems.
This is also why Stay training is so important because it teaches us doggies to practise being alone and being left by our humans and we learn to deal with this and become confident by ourselves.
Good luck and happy training! :-)
Slobbers,
Honey the Great Dane