Sleeping arrangements

Gigi likes stuffed toys.  Who knew?

We have five dog beds in the bedroom and sometimes they are all occupied.  Gigi doesn't need one, her blanket is draped over the footboard of our bed and that's where she usually settles down, sometimes more to one side than the other. 

Trooper grooming Maya on the big
dog bed in the office.

Given the chance, Trooper will lay up on the pillows during the day but he gets down at night and sleeps on the floor, usually with his back along the side of the bed.  He prefers that position even if there's no dog bed there.  He always joins me in the morning if I lay in bed for a bit to watch the news before getting up.

Like Trooper, Maya will climb into bed just to lounge around, and she's the first to get up in my face in the mornings, but she usually grabs a dog bed on the floor at night.  She's the only one it seems that will use the bed on my side of the room, everyone else is on Clay's side of the room, making for quite a treacherous doggie minefield in the morning.

Maya and Trooper

Zachary likes the big bolster bed and we usually try to make sure that he gets it.  If Clay's out of town Zach will stay downstairs with Bremo.

Cabell usually comes upstairs to the bedroom at night, but hearing him climbing the stairs makes me realize that it's becoming increasingly difficult for him to do so. 

Gigi and Maya
Maya is respectful of Gigi's toys.
Maya prefers to chew on Clay's shoes.

Bremo has never done the stairs in our house and he certainly couldn't do so now.  He stays on one of the three big down beds down in the kitchen area, sometimes joined by Cabell, or Zachary if Clay is out of town. 

Vince will follow me into the bedroom if I happen to lay down during the day, but at night he's content on his bed under my desk in the corner of the office.  If we have indoor fosters or boarders, they usually stay in crates in the office, it's just easier that way.