My Friend Riley

Published on by Xena, Lucy and Chia

Many thanks to Brian’s Home for hosting Thankful Thursday.

Lucy: I’m so thankful for my buddy Riley. He’s been with us for about three months. Sometimes his dad stays here too, and sometimes he disappears for a while. Riley gets a little anxious when his dad leaves, so I keep near him to help him know everything is OK.

When Riley is chewing a bone I lay down next to him and share his sunpuddle. (He’s not too keen on sharing the bone.) He likes to play with his Christmas reindeer in the evening, and he wants someone to play with him. I don’t like to play with stuffies, so he barks at Dad and Mom to throw the reindeer and then to play tug-o-war. He’s got a really loud bark! Sometimes Mom grabs the reindeer and starts running through the house with Riley chasing her. They go round and round and round until she finally throws the reindeer for Ri-boy to catch, and that’s the end of that.

He likes to wear the sweater I gave him for Christmas. I think he knows he looks good in it. When it’s extra cold out and his dad isn’t here he wears it to bed like a nightshirt. I’ve been sleeping in the bed with him. When his dad’s here Riley and I sandwich him. When he isn’t, we sleep however we want.

Unike us, Riley likes to sleep in. Xena and I want our breakfast at 6:00 a.m on the dot, and then we go back to bed for our first morning nap. Lots of times Mom has to call Riley to come and eat before she goes down to her basement office at 9:00. If he won’t come, then he has to wait until lunchtime to eat.

Xena: Daddy, Mommy, Lucy’s sleeping with Riley.
Daddy: It’s OK, Little One. That means you get us and the bed all to yourself.
Xena: Oh. OK then, I won’t tell Achilles.

36 thoughts on “My Friend Riley”

  4. Lulu: “I understand about sharing the sunpuddle but not the bone, Riley. Bones are exhaustible resources, but sunpuddles aren’t!”
    Charlee: “That’s debatable about the sunpuddles.”
    Chaplin: “Yes, they are only so big. Two cats fit in them better than one dog, sometimes.”

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  12. Lucy yore such a guud an sweet poochie doggie takin such GUUD care of Riley! Hee lookss furry happy to have you bye his side.
    An what a kewl man doggie to wear a sweater too!!!
    Xena havin ony Miss Amy an THE Mistur to share THE bed with iss a bownuss rite??
    An all this will bee our little seecret….
    ***purrss*** BellaDharma an ((huggiess)) LadyMew

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  29. so happy you all have your sleep partners sorted out and everyone is happy… i love to see all of you snuggle together, no matter how you sort it out…. maybe Beau could give Riley singing lessons, Beau sings for attention and food, no loud barking. YET. Beau was not an early dog when we got him 3 months ago, but we got up our normal times and he has changed to early peep now. he was eating his breakfast at 6:30 when we came home from the Ymca, but 3 months now we have been home. he only got left home for a month, now at 5 am he does his song for breakfast, then he sings to go outside and do the jobs, then at 7 he sings to walk…

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  31. Yes, Xexe can be a brat. Riley was my first beau, and my heart broke when he moved out and wouldn’t have anything to do with me. Now we’re friends, and I don’t think that will stop. XOX Lucy

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  32. He’s lived with Andrew the morning sleeper too long. He adapts some when Andrew leaves then gets stuck back in Andrew’s schedule when he comes back. Hmm, I’m going to woof to Mom about that. XOX Lucy

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  33. I bet it is! Mom and Dad love to cuddle with us, but they don’t get a good night’s sleep with us all together. So now it’s usually just the “little one” who gets nighttime bed privileges. *sigh* Lucy

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  34. Hari OM
    I can’t help thinking that when the time comes for Riley and his daddy to move out, that you will miss your company a lot, Lucy… but you may need to reassure Xena that Achilles is still your Valentine!!! Hugs and wags, YAM-aunty xxx

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