Well, it is January 3rd today and that means my female human is back to work again. She is not amused, even though I tried to cheer her up by reminding her it is only two days till the weekend and more wet and muddy walks with me! She has made various new years resolutions (most of which may last till the weekend) and I have made mine-

wait for it..

to sleep on a real human bed! All night long!

This is quite a big challenge but one I am sure I can master with a bit of perseverence and cunning. I made an excellent start last night. As I said, Hilary was in a bad mood and rather restless as she was going back to work today, so when she headed up to bed I came with her, dutifully leading the way up the stairs and lying down in the hall in front of the bedroom door. I made no attempt to enter the bedroom but I made sure she knew I was there and I cared for her.

A wee bit later my male human bounded upstairs to see her, and she told him about my devotion. The previous night, while under the influence of rather a lot of alcohol, he had let me into the room and I had bounded around, and she asked about me again.. and he let me in. I came in very cautiously, walked sedately round the bed, wet nose kissed Hilary and then went and lay down on the floor at the end of the bed! Sure enough my humans were impressed and could hardly belive it was me!

Tim left a few minutes later and agreed i could stay! Victory! I stayed quietly on the floor fighting of my urges to run around and chew a smelly slipper nearby, and eventually Hilary sat up and peered over the end of the bed to check I was still alive. I wagged my tail enthusiastically and took her movement to be an invitation to join her on the bed!

A few minutes later I was snuggled up on Tim’s side of the bed, with a real pillow under my bed, all comfy and cosy!