Bed Stairs

Any day that I can wear a sweat shirt is a great day !
I cannot believe my luck that we had 2 really wet and cold days. What a treat after 97 degree heat already. It reminds me of where I lived for 9 years, always cold and wet. Frequently the heater was on in July still.
Although there is barely any sun, the plants are lush and the grass is emerald, the flowers are insanely beautiful and the conifers never turn gray.
The sky is uniformly milky with rarely a defined cloud, this makes it boring real fast.

My friend Clar came to meet Schatzi and the doggie was curious and never growled. Schatzi was comfortable, because they were both practically sitting on the same level, since Clair can sit on the floor and still can get up. And I can barely get out of a chair.
That is also why I very much appreciate her help and thank her for planting 5 pots of petunias on my " mini slope ", right in front of the door.

Schatzi wears cute little pantaloons and occasionally, something sticks to her fluffy hair. This needs to be cleaned off. It is amazing that she stays so clean and silky at all, although she is the roller queen of the back yard.
Dad held her and I had the wet paper towel ready, to wipe off what ever it was.
Dad touched her tail and instantly she screamed and turned on him and snapped.
You should think, she knows we would never hurt her, but there is still a lot of fear from her puppy mill days. We think, they use artificial insemination and are not very gentle either.

So what ever it was, stayed in her hair, until I brushed it out in the car.
She loves people watching in busy parking lots, just like a lady in a hotel lobby. I have a lot of time in the car to brush her double coat. Amazing how much super fine wool gets combed out, even without having knots or mats in her hair. I should save it and give it to the birds next spring for building material.

We have always been very accommodating to all our doggies. This makes life better for all of them because they are members of the family too.
We actually bought a car once with a special wide rear window ledge, so Raskal could lay there and watch the world. That was 1970 when we also had a hammock in the back seat for baby Andy. There was no talk of seat belts yet.With all these precautions, I wonder how we lived that long.
Waldi and Schnapps had heated beds which helped with the arthritis stiffness.
Fausti ate dinner elevated on a phone book. Bending down too far caused breathing problems. And of course Barbara was our doggie sitter.

And now we have a tiny rubber mat under Schatzi's food bowl otherwise she would have to chase it all over the floor. The same for her bed. A big piece of non skid mat under her wicker basket and it will not slide.
Now, her Dad bought stairs for her to climb into our bed. These stairs are about 40 pounds, made of wood, are carpeted, and reach almost to the top of the mattress.
Dad put a few little pieces of chewie on the stairs, which she carefully picked up.
Next morning Dad went back to bed while she played her heart out with the green Willy. Wait a minute, Dad is not throwing the squeaky toy anymore ? Schatzi just hopped onto the stairs and there she was -- wow, a new whole play ground !
She is a smart little girl and catches on very fast.