Hello. I am Totsi, and I would like to say something that might improve the overall quality of your life:
Every family needs togetherness.
I feel it is my duty as the family dog to enforce this. What do I mean? I will gladly give you an example. My mommy taught me that togetherness is important by allowing me to sleep in her bed from the day she brought me home. I only weighed about five pounds then, was just the size my head is now, and raised all sorts of fusses any time I was not near my mommy, so she just put me in the bed with her and there I slept.
That is where I sleep to this day. My mommy calls me her fifty pound stuffed animal. However, Mommy decided to let Daddy come to live with us, and he started sleeping in our bed. This took up a lot of our space, and he has tried to get me to stop sleeping there, but I have found ways to communicate to him that togetherness is something I believe in, and that it's something our little family should embrace in order to be complete.
It takes a little doing. As soon as Daddy is in bed, I stretch myself out in a straight line between him and Mommy, putting my head on her pillow. Sometimes, I wrap my head over my mommy's if I am feeling a particularly strong need to express this concept. As soon as I am sure he has noticed, usually when he's just about to go to sleep, I stand up, turn the other way, move to the other end of the bed, turn around in a few circles, and plop right down between their feet in a forceful fashion. I want them to know I am still there, that I am in place, and that we are all together. And then I stretch out a little and suck on my blanket, because that is something I find soothing once I know everyone is together and in place.
On the times that Daddy does manage to win, I have ways of letting him know that I believe in the togetherness of our little family come hell, high water, or another visit from Stanley Steamer. I also make very certain to maintain my spot on the bed, because I want my Daddy to know how strongly I believe in what I am communicating to him. I have a particular pink stuffed doll that I use as a marker. And if Mommy is not in there sleeping with Daddy, I am. I am in my spot, the spot that is mine, the spot that belongs to me and lets everyone know that we should all be together.
So that is how I handle this situation in my home. I hope you find some of this information useful, and are able to put it to work in your own life in a way that is pleasing to you and your family.
Enjoy the rest of your day, and dance some.
Totsi Tatertot Didgeridoo
2 comments:
Thank you so much for those inspiring words. Yes, we DO need this type of example set for us as humans. Lord knows that the other four-legged creature of the household won't be offering these same encouraging words. It's all about togetherness, and I'm glad you're willing to stand up on your own four feet and say it!
Isn't he grateful that you share your bed with him? Would the cat even take the trouble to remind him just how lucky he is? I think not. If the cat were his only source of inspiration, he'd be sleeping in a cardboard box; except the cat wouldn't offer to let him share HER box.
He doesn't seem very grateful at all. And he complains about my running and barking in my sleep. I am dreaming of protecting my little family! And Foot Foot won't share her boxes with anybody. Daddy would be in a mess if he looked to her for such devoted support.
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