Re: Re[2]: [PyrNet-L] And Now To Bed...

["Donna Coffman" <dcoffman@erols.com>]

Very cute story.  I smiled picturing him flying through the house like
Superman!  No matter how many cushions or blankets we get for them, it's
funny how they always do seem to prefer to sleep where the floor is cooler.
Donna


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> From: Steven K Slusser <steven.k.slusser@osfhealthcare.com>
> To: pyrnet-l@gamerz.net
> Subject: Re[2]: [PyrNet-L] And Now To Bed...
> Date: Thursday, March 26, 1998 1:33 PM
> 
> << However...~laughs~...since my boy's favorite position is upside down
with
>  all four feet in the air...I have awakened on occasion to a paw or two
in my 
>  face...*G*... >>
>      
> Very Funny! :) !!!
> Karen
> 
> 
> 
> I adopted my boy last June from the local shelter when he was about 2
1/2.  Not
> 
> knowing anything about his past, I put him in a crate at night so I
wouldn't 
> wake up to any chewing surprises.  (which so far have been extremely
rare)  He 
> also sleeps on his back regularly.  I started out by putting a blanket in
his 
> crate so that he would have something soft to sleep on, but have since
removed 
> it permanently.  He would just kick it out of the way normally or on
those days
> 
> when he would wake up before I did, he seemed to enjoyed taking mouthfuls
out
> of
> it.  This led to one of the funniest things I have seen yet.
> 
> I had pulled the blue blanket out of his crate and just heaped it on the
floor 
> in the middle of the room while I was collecting the little strips of
cloth he 
> had recently torn off.  (The last night he got to sleep with a blankie)
> Anyway,
> he goes over and starts nosing at the blanket, next thing I see is his
head 
> poking through a hole about a foot from the edge of the blanket.  He
starts 
> walking towards me, wearing the blanket around his neck.  At this moment
the 
> trash collectors just happen to be stopping out front and since all pyrs
know 
> how dangerous these folks are, he made a break straight for the front
windows.
> 
> Until then I had not realized I had adopted "Super Dog".  He went flying,
> almost
> literally, across the room with his full cape a flying behind him, all he
was 
> missing was the big S on his chest.  Of course, then it was time to check
out 
> the backyard too, so he goes flying bye again in the other direction and
out of
> 
> sight.  Since the back was clear (I guess) he came flying back into the
front 
> room racing to the front windows.  He did slow just a little to wonder
what I 
> was laughing so hard at.
> 
> One last comment, he likes to lay on the tile near the front door or in
the 
> kitchen.  However, when he does, he always clears the floor of the rugs
before 
> he settles down.  I would think something soft under the elbows would be
more 
> comfortable but he seems to prefer the hard tile.
> 
> Steve Slusser
> Peoria, IL
>