Fog

[bunn]

It is the time of year when 'getting up' means 'everyone race to the gas fire, she's turned it on!'  Including me.

Henning cat is just out of shot.  Yama Bungle is ... actually where is Yama Bungle?  Eating All The Breakfast, I darkly suspect.

A real wood fire would be nicer in some ways, and every time we have to have this one serviced the gas engineer tries to convince me of this.  I get the impression that gas engineers hate gas fires, and consider them inefficient and generally a bit naff.  We have no mains gas here, but the turn-off-and-on-ability of calor still appeals to me.

As the fire warms up, Rosie often decides she would prefer a bed to the hearthrug.   Does she get into the bed to the left, which is vacant?  No!  She climbs into poor Brythen's bed, forcing him to get up and go elsewhere.  Brythen does not like to be snuggled, and Rosie knows this perfectly well.

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[bunn.livejournal.com]

I know, his life is a constant round of oppression :-D

That rug is really a piece of vetbed, which is a substance designed for lining dog kennels and so on. This means it is really, really washable, and mysteriously it also comes in many exciting patterns: I fell in love with this one!

[songblaze.livejournal.com]

Do you know where you got it? One of my dogs is quite oily and gets smelly fast, and gets all her bedding smelly, so something really washable is quite valuable.

I think I'll also look to see if I can find it some place in country, but if I can't I would appreciate the link.

[bunn.livejournal.com]

I think that particular piece was from http://www.muttcutzboutique.co.uk/ourshop/cat_915043-Vet-Bed.html but I'm sure that the general stuff, if not that particular pattern, will be available in your country. I've bought pieces on Ebay before now too.

It's invaluable if you have an oldie who is starting to become incontinent. I think it was originally designed for whelping boxes.

[songblaze.livejournal.com]

Neither dog is incontinent thankfully, but Bailey is very oily (strong doggy odor) and has a very sensitive GI tract, so her bed needs relatively frequent washing. I was thinking that if they made beds out of this stuff, it could go over a layer of vinyl (like they use for the benches in restaurants), and under that the actual bed fiber or foam. Their current beds have zip-off covers, but even if we wash them regularly, the beds themselves smell very , very doggy by now. Current plan is to acquire them and glue them into vinyl cases, and then cover with...well, we hadn't quite decided, but hopefully something the dogs will like. That seemed like a reasonable option, and I like the dragon on it. I did a year of study abroad at UWS Swansea, and loved every minute of it, so Wales has mostly great memories for me (I also fell in love with a Welsh bloke who broke my heart after I came home, so that's why it's only mostly great memories).