Puppy love: Climbing Monkey

I recently moved Percy’s bed so that he is in a more central and sociable spot.  I’ve been conscious for some time that he spends much of his time tucked away in the corner and as I’m worried that he suffers from lack of love anyway with Mark not being here, anything that makes his presence more strongly felt is a good thing.

I had in mind that the bed move would be a way of me having more cuddles with the Perc-hound and didn’t really think much beyond that.  Which means I failed to notice two consequences, one of which is very cute and one of which is very naughty.

King of the castle...well, coffee table

Naughty:  Alby quickly learnt that Percy’s bed now offers him a wonderful step up onto the sofa.  And so the living room has become an even more impressive obstacle course than before.  Alby will climb onto the sofa, grab the remote controls off the window ledge and throw them to the floor (presumably they are in the way...? or causing offence...?) before make his way across the sofa (negotiating the cushions with great skill), scramble over the arm of the sofa onto the coffee table, stamp his feet on the coffee table and then slid down it on his belly. 

When his brain is switched on he will do about five circuits of the sofa – coffee table run.  When it’s switched off he does one full circuit then stands beside Percy’s bed thumping the sofa covers and whining until you can give him a leg up! 

I did try and take photos of Alby making his way up and across but sadly they are all simply a blurred bottom so we have to make do with the coffee table champion. 

Cute: Not only does Percy get more cuddles from me but he gets more cuddles from Alby too.  For the past few nights as I’ve prepped bottle and sippy cup for the new bedtime routine, Alby and Percy have sat together to watch In the Night Garden.  Sadly I didn’t get a photo when Alby was actually on Percy’s bed but the picture I captured this evening still goes a long way in highlighting the cuteness of my two boys.