Archive for the ‘Argos’ Category

My pets and the story of their game of musical beds continues.

Argos, in particular, requires cushy comfort wherever he is. Want to calm him down in a new situation? A loud gathering? A boat on the water? Throw a bed down. Ahhhhh! He goes right to it, and gets comfy. He was even gifted his very own special bed by my friend.

Not to worry – we have several pet beds, but not one in every room. I lug the beds around depending on where we are going to settle for a bit. But sometimes I forget. Sometimes we are in a room… without a dog bed.

Argos acts insulted, sighing heavily a few times, pacing around, doing some turns before giving up and laying on the carpet. Oh, the things he must endure. Argos will stay in a room with a dog bed instead of joining the rest of us without a dog bed. Until he can resist it no longer.

Because of this, he sometimes gets beat for the best spot, as what happened the other day. Purl wasted no time getting in on the comfy-ness.

Today was the first day of school.

Sweet Sophie, as she has done for the last 9 years, resumed her position by the window to watch for the school bus. She started this job shortly after we adopted her, waiting for the bus at the end of the driveway that would take kids to kindergarten and first grade.

A few years later, that became not so cool, waiting for the bus with your mom. So Sophie and I resumed position in the house; me with a friendly wave to the driver, and Sophie with an eagle eye on the kids and the bus.

Today it was the first day of 7th and 8th grade. Time flies! Sophie still feels the need to watch for the kids and the bus.

This year, Sophie had a bus-watching apprentice. Purl was quite excited to see what the fuss was all about.

Argos, as usual, had some napping to catch up on. But he cares, too. In his own Argos-like way.

I have not been very regular with this, but I am going to try to do a weekly Wordless Wednesday. When I remember, and when I realize it is indeed Wednesday.

More info about WW on my first WW post. Click on the tag link below to see this archive as it grows.

Here is today’s photo. Your captions needed.

Another vacuum day, beds piled up on top of each other. Argos lucked out with the ‘double bed’ a while ago, but this time Purl seized the opportunity.

Quincy is about a year and a half now, and always keeps us on our toes.

Last week, sometime during the night, Quincy commandeered the dog biscuit container and spent the morning vomiting up dog biscuit gruel. This morning, the tummy trouble was some string (ACK! – My biggest fear with him is eating string or yarn and developing a linear foreign body needing surgical intervention.)

breathe – breathe – breathe

Of course in Quincy’s world, everything is simple.

He is either slumbering on the choice bed in the house:

Or he is perfecting his all purpose innocent look:

A beautiful sunny day, a nice long walk, some snacks….

you know what’s next. Nap time!

Argos is a super napper. He can sleep anywhere, and he sleeps deeply. Sleeping bliss.

Sophie naps, but stays in alert mode. She dreams happy dreams, but also doesn't want to miss out on anything.

Then there's Purl. Sometimes you just need a fire-y football pillow for the perfect beach nap.

After enjoying the plushness of Teva’s dog bed, Argos had taken to seizing the chance when the dog beds were piled up on top of each other. He thought that was way more comfy!

Despite being called the dog of luxury by our family, Argos is really pretty easy to please as long as he has something cushy to lay on. So he was surprised to find a visitor at our door. Teva’s human Heather stopped by the other day. With a little …. errr… BIG surprise for Argos.

He wasted no time. He actually plopped right on it in the hallway!

Upon further testing, Argos determined that it is indeed a nice bed.

And it passed the Very Deep Slumber test nicely.

Meanwhile, as people who visit the Facebook page found out, Miss Purl is still getting the hang of the comfy bed thing.

And then there is the question of the cats. I think they are planning a revolt to reclaim all dog beds…