Echo - Guide Dog

[Boogie]

I love the way Echo covers his bits when he’s upside down and Tatze comes up for a sniff.

 

[Cath]

Sorry I was thinking of Carbon for @Emily_Babbelhund, Mags

 

[Cath]

Sorry Mags @Boogie I didn't mean to be rude to you

 

[Emily_Babbelhund]

Can't you have a smaller cover just to throw over him so he doesn't have to move. It does need to be big.
Annie has one for when she is on the sofa to keep her warm, poor thing isn't life hard

He likes to be plastered to my back or leg, so the whole point (to him) is to be under the covers with me. If it's just him by himself, he's quite happy on top of the blanket or duvet.

 

[Aitch]

Toby has to be in full body contact under the cover with me too. He will wake me up if something isn't right with the bed.

 

[JES72]

My brother staffie would refuse to go to bed unless she was tucked in under the old bath mat.

 

[kateincornwall]

Nelly loves to be in bed , under the duvet when its cold and she never moves a muscle . Reuben is happy to have the sofa to himself , on a blanket but never under one as he hates being too warm x

 

[Stacia]

How do those of you that have the dog in the bed, cope with all the hairs!

 

[kateincornwall]

How do those of you that have the dog in the bed, cope with all the hairs!

Fortunately Nelly does not shed at all x

 

[Emily_Babbelhund]

Toby has to be in full body contact under the cover with me too. He will wake me up if something isn't right with the bed.

Toby is the best cuddler EVER.

How do those of you that have the dog in the bed, cope with all the hairs!

Carbon doesn't shed a ton most of the year. But I have my whole system of daily shaking out the duvet, then shaking out and 'squeegeeing' the bottom fitted sheet. I do the same with the pillows, though Carbon has his own pillow. I also change the sheets a lot.

 

[Stacia]

Darling little Toby

 

[Lab_adore]

How do those of you that have the dog in the bed, cope with all the hairs!

We have an old sheet that we put on top of the doona that he lies on, but seriously we might as well not bother. I had to buy a doona cover that was satiny because the textured one trapped the hair and it would wind itself in and I would spend endless hours vacuuming the bl**dy thing. Now the roller does the job nicely but it is still a chore.

We are trying to wean him off our bed(s) for this very reason. I'm sorry I relented at all

 

[Emily_Babbelhund]

Sorry, Mags, this is going way off of sweet Echo, but another tip for us doggie in the bed people: double fitted bottom sheet and double duvet covers. I discovered this with all the traveling I do. If I double (or even triple) the bottom sheet, it means that the mattress cover stays totally fur free. Those things are awful for having to get fur out of because of the texture. Doubling the duvet cover does the same - you're never picking fur out of the actual duvet. Which is something I used to do using duct tape and tweezers. No bueno!

 

[Emily]

How do those of you that have the dog in the bed, cope with all the hairs!

It's terrible. I often find myself coughing up a dog hair or two in the middle of the night

 

[Boogie]

Boogie was the last of our dogs allowed upstairs. He slept on the bed.

We have a baby gate at the top of the stairs now, if we leave it open then both get very excited exploring!

 

[Ashley]

How do those of you that have the dog in the bed, cope with all the hairs!

I vacuum the bed and change the sheets/duvet more often that i did pre-dog. Also have a blanket along the bottom which helps almost not at all...I can't believe I signed up for a second dog in opposing shed colour

 

[snowbunny]

I can't believe I signed up for a second dog in opposing shed colour

Just lean into it...

 

[Boogie]

Just lean into it...

Echo’s fur is the stuff which causes me to need to vacuum twice a day. But Tatze’s fur is persistent.
You don’t really see it on clothes or carpet - but we can be in Germany for a week and still find it in the butter!

 

[Boogie]

Echo’s trainer phoned today to introduce herself and find out what Echo is like (where to start!? )
She has been training Guide Dogs for 35 years so there won’t be anything she hasn’t seen before!
She‘s choosing his boarder this week.

 

[Boogie]

Fingers and paws crossed.

And requests for Lambies!

The person Echo went to for his holidays has offered to be his boarder while he’s at Big School.
I would be absolutely thrilled if she was chosen - she’d keep in touch with me, she’s lovely and she adores Echo.