Where we sleep

We've been tagged by our friend, Honey, to play a game showing you where we sleep.
Great Danes LOVE to sleep. They're often referred to as couch potatoes. Roxy and Lilly are not allowed to sleep on the furniture but that doesn't deter them from one of their favorite pastimes, sleeping.

First, a few pics of how we USED to sleep...







Then, some of the places we sleep now...

in the driveway

on the deck

on the harlequin bed

on the leopard bed

And when it's really hot, on the tile.





We would like to pass this on to a couple of new friends, Cooper, Falkor, and Dakotah & Maika.

Now, after all that work, it's time for a nap!

What do you mean?

On the bed? Nah! I still have my feet on the floor!

Caught in the Act!

 

Rarely do any of the dogs sleep together. It's usually every girl for herself as far as choosing beds. A quick click of the camera phone this early this morning captured this image. Awwww....

Creature Comforts

Let's face it, dogs cost money. Just think of all the $$ we spend to keep them happy and healthy. Food, vaccines, heartworm preventative, dog dishes, beds, toys, collars, leashes, etc. So we go through all of these mental contortions trying find the BEST of everything right?

Take water for instance. Basic staple of life for all living creatures. But what do we put it in to serve our four legged friend? Roxy, Lilly and Sophie have various dishes. LARGE-like 2 gallon sized dishes-raised off the floor so they don't have to strain to reach it. Being giant breeds, this is important. So what kind of dish do they prefer? Is it stainless steel? Plastic? No, no, no. How about cool, clean, white, porcelain!! Yep, you guessed it, they're just as happy drinking out of the toilet as any fancy raised dish you can buy. We do NOT encourage this and I'm constantly reminding the rest of the family to "Put the seat DOWN".

Then there's the hose, that's really a favorite.

Or even the hot tub! That's Lilly having a gulp from the tub.

Here I am worried about their water being cool enough and changing it all the time so it's not too warm and there goes the little bugger into what she must think is the largest, warmest dog dish ever!!

And then there's the sprayer. God forbid I put anything in it that's not water. It was originally for plant food but THAT'S not gonna happen.

And how about beds? These days it's lots easier to find extra, extra large beds but it didn't used to be that way. Even still, they're pretty expensive. But only the best for our doggies right? BUT, do they use these beds? Well, yes, but why only part of the bed?? I purposely had the beds made quite big so they could fit their WHOLE body on them. So why are their heads always hanging off??




To be perfectly fair, Roxy's pretty much ON the bed in the photo above. That paw is hanging off just in case she has to make a quick escape!