Pet Bed Experiment!

Earlier tonight I arrived in our living room after briefly visiting the closet, in my hand was a measuring tape.  As I quickly plopped down next to Simon, whom was snuggled up in his bed, I began measuring away.  Brad quickly remarked to Simon and Cody, "She's serious now guys, the tape measure is out. New beds are about to be bought."  Yes, indeed new beds are going to be bought.

At some point during this past week I looked over to see evidence of Cody's handy work. Trust me it's not so handy-dandy!  He has been focusing on one bed specifically. One bed has felt all of his frustration or excitement when it comes to getting up every morning and getting fed every mealtime.  No clue on earth why he feels the need to rough up a bed before each mealtime as well as first thing every morning.  It's his thing!  We've tried breaking him of the habit.  Nothing has worked.  Periodically he destroys a bed to the point it needs to be replaced.  Covering a bed with a towel or blanket helps prolong it's life in this house with Cody around.  The bed he's destroyed this time is at least an older bed.  This time around he actually tore a hole completely through it.  When you look at the bed you can now see the floor underneath.  He does good work!  When he tore the Grand Canyon sized hole in the bed he heard his full name come out of my mouth in an angry/stern tone.  He looked at me with those pathetic pug eyes!  Those eyes don't work on me!  But nice try Cody!

So there I was measuring away tonight to get a better idea how much room the new bed will take up.  I think we're going to get one big enough for the two pugs to share then get Piper her own.  Now in reality what will likely happen is....Simon will be a bed hog/loner therefore he'll snag the single bed which is going to be meant for Piper, leaving the other bed for Cody and Piper to share.  As I'm explaining this I'm thinking we perhaps need to stick with 3 beds versus 2 beds. I don't know!  I think we'll try it.  We'll try making the boys share and Piper having her own.  It's all one big experiment!