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Last night I stayed up particularly late reading – 4:30 am late. Rico kept getting up and walking over to me and putting his massive head on my leg and whimpering. I felt for him. I certainly KNEW what he wanted.

Before I get into it his Christmas present, let me just say that dogs REALLY DO live in the PRESENT. I mean, he has been banned from snuggling on the couch since he began to get MASSIVE. I mean 140 lbs. – no problem, 175 – no problem, 180 – no problem. But tipping 200 lbs.? BIG PROBLEM with Italian leather!!! Which is the only reason we allowed him on the couch in the first place – it can be vacuumed easily and also CLEANED each day! But I digress. So, a couple of weeks ago, I was up late with him and I could tell he didn’t feel well. I cupped my hands around the side of his head and began to send some healing energy to him. I could FEEL he wanted to snuggle. And, in a moment of not really *THINKING* about what I was DOING, I patted the spot next to me on the couch and up he jumped. Within minutes, he had his nose shoved up against my thigh and was snoring away.

Of course, I’m not thinking about this as anything out of the ordinary. He’s been banned for more than a year now, so why would I think anything has changed? But, boy, did HE think something had changed! He began to ‘talk’ to us while WE were sitting on the couch! You know, his couch since I let him up ONE time! And, for those of you who don’t know what mastiffs do when they ‘talk’… well, let’s put it this way – they are LOUD and they do this growl, bark, whine thing all at once. They shake their head like they know EXACTLY what they are saying and WHY you should be listening to them. RICO, in particular, will throw in some down dogs and a few twirls to get his message across as he keeps looking at what he wants! In this case – THE COUCH!

I talk back to him like he’s a human. I tell him, “Oh no. You are not getting up here.” Logically, I know he senses the energy of NO more than he understands the words, but I still like to put the words with the energy.

For weeks now he’s been doing this, until LAST NIGHT, he looked SO PATHETIC that I almost – almost – could not resist him. In that moment, I wondered, What could I get for him that would make him more comfortable? I mean, I know it can’t be that comfortable to be over 200 lbs. sitting on the floor – he normally likes to sit on the hardwoods, probably because they are cool, but I have no idea.

Alright, one more story and I’ll get to the CUTEST, MOST ADORABLE , MOST EARTH CONSCIOUS doggie duvets!

Amidst these last couple of weeks, I mentioned Rico to Nana (Mark’s mom who lives with us), and said something to her about how I can tell how DEEPLY he sleeps when he’s on the couch. I wondered if it is because he can put his head on the pillow tops at the end of the couch or if it is because these couches are slightly tilted to the back, which means that they are like a little cockpit and for Rico that would mean his girth would be tilted to the back where he could relax and have no weight on his legs. I had mused about buying another couch and giving him one of our current couches in the den (he is more than 7 feet tall length-wise, so he takes up the entire six-foot couch when he ‘naps’ and isn’t curled into a ball. Then, she told me that one morning she woke to Mark’s computer alarm blaring – WONK*WONK*WONK. When she came in to the den to turn it off she found Rico snoring (yes, they snore and sometimes VERY LOUDLY) away and he didn’t even MOVE or open his eyes as she walked in to the room! That is some GOOD sleep. I knew it!

Okay, back to last night. I’m sitting here reading a book on Kindle and he’s whining. He wants up next to me. No doubt he wants some GOOD sleep, too. I’m wondering… what can I make for him? He outgrew regular doggie beds by the time he was 9 months old, so I had not even considered one in forever. Plus, I was thinking about the mess they end up being. We vacuum every day, but doggie beds… ew! There’s really no way to wash them. You just have to keep throwing them away – what a waste. That’s when the thought hits me – I need a DOGGIE DUVET! I need one the size of about three king-sized pillows next to each other. I can use the king pillows I’m about to throw out because they’ve gotten too flat – we have six of them. I am thinking, WOW, THIS IS A BRILLIANT IDEA, TINA! I think about how he likes to prop his head up on the pillow top at the end of the couch, and I think… WOW, IT WOULD BE GREAT IF HE COULD HAVE A PILLOW SOMEHOW. I am so amazed at how BRILLIANT this idea is I email my mother IMMEDIATELY to see if she can make my BRILLIANT creation. LOL But then, wait, what’s this? The idea that maybe… just maybe… someone else may have already done it? I log on to the web, and VOILA (sound the choirs and angels now, please)… someone HAS created what I’ve just envisioned as the PERFECT answer for our little Rico (well, not so little, but he’s still my baby).

Now, get this. She also has made the PILLOW!!! BONUS! So excited! TOOOO CUTE. I may have to get this for him right away and not even wait until Christmas because… really, life is too short to be uncomfortable, wouldn’t you agree? Does your pooch need one of these? Easy to fill… easy to wash?

I love that these are designed with the earth in mind! And, GOD BLESS her for making the size ‘HUGE’ for big boys like Rico!

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