I have been terribly tired this weekend and when I am in bed my dogs are always there with me.
Between myself and hubby there’s not a lot of room available so it’s just as well we went for the Yorkshire Terrier Special Stackable breed!
They have become very adaptable in using the bed space available to them and when they feel we have been a bit too greedy they are perfectly happy to let us know by kicking us repeatedly until we move. The boys started off not allowed on the bed! It lasted a while but they would always sneak a nap in ultimate comfort while we were out or if we were busy elsewhere. We would take pity after a particularly short haircut! Feeling guilty seeing them shivering we would invite them up and shortly after that no invite was necessary!
There are two comfortable dog beds for them, only used when we’ve had enough and they have been “shooed” off the bed and our son has his door closed so they can’t claim his bed! They were lost when our daughter left home. They were always guaranteed a spot on the bed from her, soft touch! They would kick her for extra space so much during the night that she would wake up pinned to the wall while they sprawled out on her double bed! I really don’t mind sharing, they never get under the covers, they make great feet warmers and when I’m on my own and feeling rotten they cuddle in close to me giving me comfort.
I am grateful for that comfort. It seems I brought therapy dogs into my home before I realised I would be in so much need of them! I have been completely exhausted earlier than usual these last few days so had to head to bed. I found I was able to get three to four hours straight which is a great improvement but then spend the rest of the night napping in dribs and drabs, between twenty mins to an hour each time, sometimes getting up to stretch sore muscles and use my heat pad. Although it’s great to get a much longer sleep it is not improving my energy levels as by morning I feel tired out again! I get up and two hours later I have no option but to take a nap, literally not being able to keep my eyes open.
I would explain my energy as a bath full of water with a badly fitting plug, the water escaping in a regular flow and suddenly the plug is yanked away and all the water rushes away. That’s how it feels to me, suddenly I grind to a halt. I even find it difficult to communicate, descending to cave man nods and grunts! An hour on the sofa, rinse and repeat!
I have a busy week ahead, doctors with my son, hospital for myself, dentist for myself and two great big forms to fill in for the department of work and pensions! Oh fantastic! I have a lot of pending comments needing my attention so please bear with me as I get to them in small batches! I also do hope to somehow find the energy to continue my Cast of Characters introduction blogs but right now I am off to the sofa for a snuggle with my fur babies and a nap.. Ugg! Shelley out!
Living with Shadows 
they certainly have quite the personalities these cuties 🙂
Oh my goodness, cuteness beyond cuteness!
Your fur babies are very cute indeed.
Bless!!!! Cher xo
What an adorable photo!
I know the feeling: we have four rescue puppies – one resembles a baby elephant, the next one is medium sized and the youngest two are smaller so they get to sleep on the bed while the two bigger dogs sleep on the sofa. They do sneak on the bed in the early morning if they can get away with it. Mind you, they keep us warm in winter!
That would be some dog pile all together! awesomely snuggly and warm! i tell you i would not complain if it wasn’t for those damn sharp stabby little kicks! wee trouble maker!
So adorable! Little angels on earth, what would we do without them?
i can’t imagine life without them now!
Tooooooo cuuuuuute! I have but one YT and she knows who is boss…HER!
hahahaha yes they manage to grab control of us and keep it! using their “cute” to manipulate us! lol!
Shelley, I truly hope you have a good Doctor week, from all appearances you will be busy with them. Soft smile, having personal warmers isn’t that bad a thing. Smiling until they claim the space LOL. But evem mpw ot appears that an arrangement has been made which works well for all concerned. They are cute guys. Take care and do your best to have a pleasant week. Bill
Thanks Bill, had to cancel the dentists as monday was a rough day. then my hospital called to cancel tuesdays appointment, i had cancelled the dentist knowing i wouldn’t manage 2 days out in a row and ended up no days out at all! to be honest it was a great relief as my exhaustion has not lifted yet. i made a big pan of soup with hubby and yesterday hubby bathed and dried the dogs then i tidied up their coats, clipping around their hairy feet, faces, etc. it’s a bit early to send them for their big spring clip at the groomers where they come home next to naked lol! buzz cuts all over! this tidy will mean we can wait another month till it’s warmer. a lot of work though but at least i feel like i have acheived something this week! take care of yourself too!
Oh my, they are just so cuuuuuuuute, that is just one of the cutest things I have seen in a long time 🙂 thank you for sharing and I hope your energy lifts soon, big hugs xx
thank you, it was a cute pose, honestly they are cheeky but the older one pushes it! got up for a toilet trip and came back to find him cuddled up next to hubby with his head on my pillow! still waiting on my energy levels to improve, feel absolutely drained and there’s no reason for it at all! it’s not so bad wyhen you can pinpoint of this is happeneing because i did this 2 days ago! grrrr! it needs to go away! seem to get no more than 20mins at the pc until i reach caveman reactions again. last night at 2am my son came downstairs to find me up and asked us to get something from ebay right now before it sells out! said he couldnt sleep because of thinking it would sell out before he could ask us in the morning. ended up with searching through to see if there might be a cheaper seller and then it became 3 items instead of 1 and i was trying to talk about combined postage costs and went into an uhhgg urrr ugh dialogue meltdown only to have him start laughing! a tourettes moment of something coming out that shouldn’t. knew he didn;t mean it but still hurt! so embarrasing to have your brain shut down like that!
They are so cute! Thanks for sharing such cutie pies pics! Lovely! God bless you dear! Hope you will get your energy back!
Awww….they are two god-send cuties!! Thank you so much for sharing~ Cheers!! 😀
I know just how you feel about your dogs. They are beautiful little souls that give so much to us in love. Mine has her head snuggled under my leg right now!
Maggie