Tail Wagging Tuesday

I have decided to participate in Tail Wagging Tuesday from CMae's Blog Live What you Love .





A few reasons why.
1.  I want to update regularly. Since I'm new to this whole blogging thing, I'm still nervous I may not ALWAYS have something to write about. So I think it'll be good to have a post that I can fall back on once a week without worrying about exactly what to write about.
2. I think I'm ready to have some followers up in here. I'm hoping following some other posts will get others looking and interested. So you know if you wanted to click the nice little follow button on the right, or comment on my posts I wouldn't stop you...
3. Bruin is super easy to write about. Because he is ridiculously smart. And I think he's a human trapped in a dog's body.

So here we go with Tail Wagging Tuesday!
This week we are talking about where our dogs chill out/unusual or usual places to sleep. I figured I'll start from the beginning.

When we first got Bruin, it was really important for us to Crate Train him, to give him a safe space, manage behavior, potty train him etc. He stays in there during the day, and will occasionally go to sleep or just chill out.
Now this may be a faux pas, but I couldn't find any pictures of Bruin in the crate. But I did find pictures of my good friend Katie/old roommate's cats hanging out in the crate on the day that we first brought our little man home. So some cats in his space.

Fiyero and Jetta really unsure.

Okay so right after I said that I found one. Puppy Bruin, and the roommate's cat Fiyero. Who as you can see, was the boss.

Bruin's bed, like most other pooches, is where he sleeps and loves to relax. But not always in the most normal position.

I told you he thinks he's human. Loves sleeping on the back. (Sorry for the yellow tinge.)

Now, if we're up doing housework or are moving around a lot in the living room, Bruin will get annoyed and require a more calm space for his lounging pleasure. IF and only IF our bed is NOT made, Bruin will quietly sneak off to the room to make himself comfortable. With no shame.

Oh, did you want to make this? No....not right now...

Fortunately we've been able to keep him off of the bed during the night (he's a blanket hog) bug he does jump up on the bed around 5:30 when he knows that we should be getting up.

Finally, one of Bruin's favorite places is the couch. Er, well, any couch. At our old apartment we tried to keep him off of it, and we did okay. But we weren't perfect at keeping him off.

No lie, this blanket fell on top of him. He didn't hate it.

  While here at our new apartment we tried to continue the no couch policy it became super tough to do so after we found out he had heartworms. During his treatment (2 Months GAH!) we had to keep him SUPER quiet, which is tough with a dog that goes for a walk and a run each day. This usually meant his crate. We caved in and let him cuddle with us to keep him content. One month after the treatment was done, he still finds his way onto the couch once we've all settled in for the night.

Comfortable?

And I have to admit, we haven't been so diligent on breaking habit.
Why?
Well he kind of makes a really good cuddle buddy....

Little Spoon

More little spoon

L.O.V.E.

So that's it for my first Tail Wagging Tuesday! I hope I did it justice, and would really enjoy some comments from any who visit. And like I said, I won't reach out and stop you if you're a fellow blogger and decide to follow this pursuit of all things happy. :)