When I came home from work yesterday it was to find both my
boys having a snore on the sofa. I won’t
pretend it was the cutest thing I’ve ever seen – such would have required them
to be somehow cuddled up together rather than Alby looking like he has fallen
asleep half way through some planking episode, however Percy just allowing Alby
to share his sofa is love enough to keep me happy.
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| In need of some sleeping style tips from Percy |
As I’ve been in the office the past few days both boys have
been left in the loving care of Mark’s parents and each day I hear another
story about how Percy takes care of Alby.
On Monday when out for the morning dog walk they come across
a neighbour, also our walking her dog.
The dog wanted to say hello to Alby and went for a snuffle at which Percy
jumped up onto the front of the pushchair.
Now in my head Percy was probably jumping up to say hello to the other
dog but I’ve been informed that it was actually Percy protecting Alby. The jury is still out…
A little bit less ambiguous, later that same day, Alby had
his afternoon nap in the pushchair and Percy gave up his spot on the sofa to go
and lie near him. To put some context
in, Percy’s crate is located just beside where the pushchair was so it’s not
like he was choosing to have a nap on a particularly uncomfortable piece of
floor. However, anybody who knows Percy
knows that he doesn’t give up his space on the sofa for any old thing. To further the defence of the bulldog love,
both Phil and Jenny reported that not only did Percy go and lie by Alby but he
didn’t close his eyes – he just sat in his crate looking up at Alby. Bless his little ginger paws.
The final bit demonstration of Percy love, and again this
puts us in the land of the somewhat ambiguous, was reported this afternoon. Phil has been in London at a reunion dinner and so Alby and
Percy have been under the care of Mark’s mum Jenny for most of the day. And Jenny informs me that Percy wasn’t at all
sure of her skills or capabilities as a babysitter as he spent the entire day
giving her slightly shifty looks! I’m not even going to fathom the truth of
this, but what I do know is that the very idea of Percy being able to give a
shifty look is enough to put a smile on my face.
Whilst plank sleeping, jumping up bulldogs and shifty looks
aren’t what cuteness is made of, Alby giving Percy a good night kiss is indeed
love personified (a bulldogified?) Three
months on you’d think I’d get used to the evening routine by now but,
nope. It still warms my heart every time...
As always Alby never performs quite as I hope when the camera is rolling and his desperation for bed tonight meant a fleeting kiss for one and all, but the sentiment remains. Clever boy.
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