Tucker's Bedroom

The past few weeks we have noticed that Tucker doesn't sleep in our bedroom.  Mark and I thought this was odd considering what a velcro dog Tucker is (then again what golden isn't?!?!).  When we first rescued Tucker he used to sleep on our couch and bed all the time...no rules because Mark felt bad.  Eventually I broke Tucker of his couch privileges.

Then we worked on him being in bed...because realistically Mark and I aren't small and we only have a queen bed.  Oh and Tucker is 100+ pounds and long.  Trying to get him not to jump in bed with us was hard because he loves being with people.  When we were trying to break him of jumping on the bed he would run from Mark's side to my side all night.  He would get so upset.  Eventually he was okay.  Now Tucker only comes up on our bed if he's invited.  Even then it's only right before bed and when we wake up in the morning.  Okay, as corny as it sounds, Tuck now knows that it's a privilege to be in bed.  He will position himself in the best area so as to allow Mark and I room.  He sometimes gets excited and wants to show off so he'll roll on his back and kick his legs in the air.  What a sweet dog!


Getting back to the original point of this post...we had noticed Tucker wasn't in our room in any of his favorite spots.  Did I mention that Tucker avoids the ~$100 dog bed I bought from L.L.Bean?  It's an extra large and a kick-ass bed.  The cats love it.  Tucker...not so much.  He will lay his head on it some nights.  If he's really tired he will retreat to it but he never stays on it.

I digress...one night we wondered where Tucker was.  We got worried to be honest.  Mark eventually found him in our guest bedroom on the other side of our house, on the bed.  Ever since then Tucker seems to make his way to that room every night at some point.  Sometimes he sleeps on the floor but more than likely he makes himself comfortable on the bed.  No need to worry, we would not allow this with guests...and we wash the sheets!

When I told Mark that we needed to stop Tuck from going on that bed, he said, "Why?  I'm so happy he's doing it!"  I looked at him with a puzzled face.  Mark continued, "I love that he's doing it because he's becoming more independent and comfortable here."  Awww so sweet!