A lot of people have rules for their pets.
Just like kids need rules and structures to learn how to behave, pets do, too. Most pets are treated well by their owners. They get free run of the house, have a nice, warm bed to sleep in, are fed every day, walked several times a day, go on rides in the car, and get plenty of love and affection. What more could a dog ask for?
This dog has one rule to follow: He isn’t allowed on the bed.
His owners made it a point to keep the pooch off the bed from the time he was a pup, but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t wish things could be different. When you are a spoiled pup, the one thing you can’t do is usually the thing you want to do the most.
This dog wants to behave and be a good pup. He has snuck up on the bed a few times, but he has always been caught by the owners. The only time he can really enjoy the bed is when his owners aren’t home. He can jump on it, sleep on it, and even rub all over it if he wants while they are out. As soon as he hears that key in the lock though, he knows to jump down and pretend like none of it ever happened.
His owners eventually caught on to what was going on.
For some reason, their freshly made bed that was nice and neat when they left the house was always a bit wrinkly and disturbed when they returned. It wasn’t hard to identify the culprit. They couldn’t be sure, though, without catching him in the act.
They decided to set up cameras in their home, so they could record what was happening while they were out. They pointed one directly at the bed. They expected to catch their dog jumping up on it and maybe even taking a little nap on it, but they didn’t expect what they saw.
The dog not only hopped up on the bed, he purposely messed it up.
Maybe he was jealous because the cat was allowed on it, or maybe he was just mad that he wasn’t allowed on it. Whatever the reason, he was making sure that his scent was all over that bed.
He was pretty careful not to mess it up too much, though. He didn’t want to make it obvious that he has been up on the bed. The cat had no problem watching it all happen. If it could talk, it probably would have told on the dog. Even when the dog needed to stand over the cat to look out the window while on the bed, it didn’t jump down.
Apparently, there is a double standard in this house where cats are allowed on beds but dogs aren’t.
This dog sure did put a stop to that. His owners may be able to keep him off the bed when they are home, but there isn’t much they can do when they are away. Even if they do videotape him and reprimand him for his actions, he’s probably going to jump right back on the bed as soon as they leave again.
If the cat is allowed on the bed, the dog should be, too. At least he is standing his ground. The slap he took from the cat is probably the worst thing that came out of this. So, what if his owners have to wash their bedding a little more often, that dog loves being on the bed. If he loves it that much, they should just let it be.
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