A bowl full of sweetness

No matter how many dog beds I have strewn around the studio, every pup I have had wants to curl up in these bowls.

Back when I stored lace in the bowls, Twinkle decided that it was really meant for her instead.

Once she had her own pups, she showed them just how cozy a hard, ceramic bowl was.

Dorothy and Albie have spent their lifetime sleeping in bowls, so eventually I gave up on trying to get them to use doggie beds and put pillows in the dishes.

And I provided a second one for them.  Twin beds.

I doubt if Molly will fit hers for very long.  She is already 30 lbs and according to her DNA results, has another 25 to go.  

My favorite part about seeing Molly share bowl beds with Dorothy, is that it shows how well all the dogs get along.  When we first got Honey, war broke out between the Bigs and Littles.  

It was ugly.

Then, Honey had her babies and we kept Sugar.  I worked with Honey extensively on resource guarding, but the Littles were still leery of her.  Sugar adored them and wanted to play, but they didn’t trust her for a long time.  It started to get better.  

War had ended, but there wasn’t much love between the two factions.

And now there is Molly.  Sweet, gentle, Molasses, who could resist her?

After years of adjusting, or maybe just finally giving up?  The individuals are now a pack.  Littles and Bigs snuggle together, whether in side by side vintage bowls, in the dog beds, or on the sofa where I tell the Bigs they aren’t allowed.

Comments

[Ellen D. Bailey]

How absolutely precious!