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Blimey it's blowy out and the rain is lashing down. Unrelatedly, road outside is being resurfaced with huge machinery crunching and beeping. I understand why they don't want to close the road in the daytime but there are downsides to night working as well! Might just get up and forget about sleeping for a bit.
Ditto. Luckily Lola sleeps soundly until I get washed, come back in and get dressed, more specifically, she gets up when i put my trousers on, so I don't suffer either part of daylight saving.
Scraped the ice of my car's windscreen and set off to Bath. Horrible fog on the way but after that it was and is gloriously sunny. Warm in the sun and even had lunch outside.
Ditto. Luckily Lola sleeps soundly until I get washed, come back in and get dressed, more specifically, she gets up when i put my trousers on, so I don't suffer either part of daylight saving.
Lucky you! Unlike when we're at home in Ireland, Rosie sleeps in our bedroom here in Spain. (Long story - but basically she got very scared when we tried to leave her downstairs.) The upshot is that when she wakes she gets up and rests her head on the duvet, tail wagging, making little noises in the back of her throat until one of us stirs.
Will you be able to retrain her when you return, Claudia? I have had several cats over the past 50 years, but none have ever been allowed in the bedrooms.
Will you be able to retrain her when you return, Claudia? I have had several cats over the past 50 years, but none have ever been allowed in the bedrooms.
I hope so! She made no attempt to go upstairs when we returned to Ireland last year.
p.s. sunny but quite chilly (although it's all relative)
Ditto. Luckily Lola sleeps soundly until I get washed, come back in and get dressed, more specifically, she gets up when i put my trousers on, so I don't suffer either part of daylight saving.
Lucky you! Unlike when we're at home in Ireland, Rosie sleeps in our bedroom here in Spain. (Long story - but basically she got very scared when we tried to leave her downstairs.) The upshot is that when she wakes she gets up and rests her head on the duvet, tail wagging, making little noises in the back of her throat until one of us stirs.
That's so sweet!
My trainer says to a dog different places are different territories. So when you are training them you should do so in all places you will go to give them the idea that a rule is the same everywhere. But conversely, it helps in situations like differing rules in different houses. Which also explains why our choir leader's sister's guide dog, who has never attempted to go upstairs in their house and isn't allowed in the bedrooms, runs upstairs and goes to sleep on Caroline's bed whenever her sister visits.
That's interesting, Liz - and explains why Rosie made no attempt to go upstairs when we returned to Ireland, yet when we arrived here in Spain this time, she went straight upstairs.
p.s. she is adorable in the morning. She leaves her crate to come over and check if we're awake. If it's too early my OH simply whispers 'go to bed, Rosie' and she goes straight back to bed.
Lola, too, if she does wake up. I just tell her to go back to bed. She used to have a crate but now she just has a bed. Very occasionally if it very cold she will come up to where I am and whine very quietly. It sounds terribly sad. Then I let her up on the bed and she cuddles in. And sighs. She is very, very careful not to make any noise or move in case I get fed up and oust her again.
I saw a couple of flakes of snow this morning but that was it. I know it's cold out as this morning I could hear my OH scraping ice off the car windows as I was snuggled up in a nice warm bedroom.
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Breezy, sunny, chilly.
Apparently there's snow in parts of the UK.
Ditto!
Lucky you! Unlike when we're at home in Ireland, Rosie sleeps in our bedroom here in Spain. (Long story - but basically she got very scared when we tried to leave her downstairs.) The upshot is that when she wakes she gets up and rests her head on the duvet, tail wagging, making little noises in the back of her throat until one of us stirs.
p.s. sunny but quite chilly (although it's all relative)
I have hat hair today.
My trainer says to a dog different places are different territories. So when you are training them you should do so in all places you will go to give them the idea that a rule is the same everywhere. But conversely, it helps in situations like differing rules in different houses. Which also explains why our choir leader's sister's guide dog, who has never attempted to go upstairs in their house and isn't allowed in the bedrooms, runs upstairs and goes to sleep on Caroline's bed whenever her sister visits.
p.s. she is adorable in the morning. She leaves her crate to come over and check if we're awake. If it's too early my OH simply whispers 'go to bed, Rosie' and she goes straight back to bed.