Dog Bed

Boo has taken to his bed. By this I mean that he doesn’t sleep in mine much anymore. I moved his old bed, a circle-with-half-bolster-type, into my bedroom a few weeks ago. Prior to that, the dog bed was in the living room. So, every night he slept in my bed. No more. Now he is spending most of every night in his own bed on the floor.

I tell myself that it’s because it’s getting warmer out and that he'll be back in the fall, but I miss him. After 5+ years of his company, snoring next to me year-round on his own two pillows, I feel a bit hurt. Is my bed not comfortable enough? (This is hard to believe.) Why doesn’t he want to curl up with me? Am I snoring? Why doesn’t he want to sleep with me? (And, yes, I am talking about a dog not a man.) I don’t think that it has anything to do with the limp—he can jump up on the bed if he wants to, and usually spends about an hour with me in the morning.

The plus side to this is that I may be reaching a stage where I can actually use nice bed linens. I can’t imagine picking out a bedspread or duvet cover and not worrying that it will get covered in brown dog hair. I wonder how many hours I have devoted to pondering the question: what is the perfect bed cover that will hide the dog hair/dog dirt, can be thrown in the wash, and contributes to the décor of the room?

Maybe I should have saved some mental energy and kicked him off the bed years ago. And maybe I should head out and bye a nice new bedcover. In white!