In the absence of any sort of actual family members that live less than 10,000 km from me and also the fact that I actively chase off anyone who might be thinking of having a romantic relationship with me, I tend to focus a great deal of my time, energy, and money, on making my fluff-ball AKA "Nadi" as comfortable as possible and happy all the time.
She has always known luxury to a certain degree so, much like a spoiled rotten rich kid, I don't think she is even aware of how good she has it. She is accustomed to the "high life" and I keep adding to her comfort. Let's go on a little tour of her various places to lie down, shall we?
This place to lie down is actually one of MY places to lie down that she commandeered. She also has one of the highest quality pillows in the house that she claimed as her own. If I ever take the pillow away from that spot on the sofa, she will just sit on the floor and stare at me.... until the end of time if necessary. You see, I think I am the one in charge but Nadi doesn't agree. It works for her every time even though sometimes when I put the pillow back and move my legs, she will only lie down for like 90 seconds before moving on. She doesn't even want to sit there, she is just letting me know that it is hers.
next we have her very comfortable 6 pillow dog bed that was relatively expensive. It is placed on top of my bed. If I put it anywhere else, she will not use it. She is used to sleeping on the bed but here is the thing, she doesn't actually like to sleep on the bed UNLESS her bed is on the bed. If I am washing the dog bed she will get on top of my bed, look all confused, then leave and go look for it. Cute little idiot.
If I ever leave the house without her, she "takes the hump" and makes me feel really guilty about not taking her with me. Even though we just sit somewhere wherever I am going, she wants to be part of it. Everyone at the local restaurants knows Nadi and this picture is special because purely by accident, she is making a "kissy face." Unlike other dogs, Nadi doesn't actually like kisses at all.
All efforts are made to make bath time as short as possible. When it comes time for her to drip dry a bit, she will maintain eye-contact with me in a "what the hell is taking so long" sort of way. She always makes me laugh a little bit during this. She HATES baths but if I say it is bathtime she will follow me to the bathroom and puts up almost no fight. She knows that there is no getting away from this. Plus the fact that she gets and extra-large "treatie pie" afterwards is a strong motivator.
This used to be my shelf, but Nadi had other plans. My apartment is not huge but every now and then Nadi will just determine that she has found a new sit-down-spot and that is basically the end of the story. It's claimed. If I take the blanket away she will stand there and look at the shelf or lie down next to it until I get the message and put the blanket back.
Here we are at the place where that blanket used to be and it is surrounded by her toys and yet another dog bed that she grew out of that is now a spot to keep all of her toys. Nadi is not terribly greedy about toys nor is she very destructive. Only one of her toys has been destroyed over the years and well, that was my fault for buying one that had two squeakers in it. As all dog owners know, that squeaker must be found and destroyed.
Here is the new and more comfortable bed that occupies the spot in the house with the best view. Every now and then a bird will land on the railing and in the past this would have brought out the demons in Nadi and rapid barking would ensure. Unfortunately old age seems to be going after her senses now and she can't even see them when they land. It's ok, she is comfortable and that is all that really matters.
This is one of my favorite pictures of Nadi because I sometimes will mess with her at mealtime. This time I put a very small amount of food on her plate and then told her the usual "OK!" to let her know that it is ok to eat now. Nadi is no fool though. She is aware that she is supposed to get significantly more food than this and gave me the "are you kidding me?" look until I put the rest of it on the plate as well.
I think that is enough cuteness for one day. These photos were taken over the course a week or so and I probably have thousands of pics of her. In my same folder i think i have maybe 10 pictures of my family members and only 1 or 2 pictures that have me in it. I got my priorities straight!