I know this picture would lead you to believe that my 2 angel dogs sleep nicely on their bed in my office while I work during the day. I wish I could say they actually sleep for any length of time during the day, but really, they don’t. What could you expect, Lulu is 2 and Sofie is only 1. Two high energy dogs and I want them to act like old softies. Sofie likes to go in and out of my office, back and forth to the living room, emptying the toy box in there and filling the one in here, then she wonders downstairs and goes into my bedroom to brings me my fuzzy slippers, one at a time. Louise usually disappears into the den next door for a nap on the couch at some point during the day, but mostly she is in the office with me. Since I start my days around 6 AM, the dogs are early risers (they do not know what weekend means). I usually feed all the animals by 6:30. Then I give the dogs their Omega 3 smelly fishy stuff in peanut butter balls and follow it with a nice marrow bone filled with something hard to get (which keeps them busy until about 8). By then they want to go outside for about 15 minutes or so to run around. When they come back in it is nap time YAH!. I work from home so I am on the phone and computer almost constantly. Thank goodness for portable headsets, which allow me to run up and down the stairs letting them in and out even when I am in meetings. I always plan one hour sometime between 9 and 12 in my day to take us on our 1 mile walk. If I can do it to about 10:30 then when we get back they are tired and I can eat lunch at my desk somewhat undisturbed. They chill pretty well until about 2:30 PM when they are ready to play again, but I am not, so out they go into the yard for awhile with toys and balls (and yes, I know that is when the holes get dug because they are unattended and want Mommy’s attention). Back and forth, up and down, in and out, until before dinner when I romp around the yard with them to get them ready for supper. Animal dinner is usually around 5:30 or 6 PM, Then we play inside and outside and inside and outside until after human dinner when all animals need to settle down and usually do. The dogs fall asleep in the evening around 8 PM and I take them out for the last time around 9:30 PM before putting them in their kennels. With so many cats running around, it is just safer and quieter at night for everyone to have controlled safe space. I actually do not close Louise’s kennel all the way, but she only came out once at 4AM to tell me something, otherwise she stays in until I lift the sheet that covers them in the morning (usually around 5:45 or 6 AM), when I start all over again. I would gladly let sleeping dogs lie (what does that mean anyway?), if they ever slept. Just another DogDaz morning at our house <3.
