Cleo the Couch Potato

Cleo might absolutely love going and going and going when we are on walks, but she also likes to be a couch potato. One of her favorite things to do is to sleep on the couch while I am doing homework or browsing the internet (and snore). She is still very in tune to what I am doing though, if I get up or even shift a little bit she is right there looking at me with those big blue eyes. She also loves it when I have a friend over and she can sit in between us and have a head in on lap and her butt up against the other person (and hopefully she doesn't fart during this time, but of course some times she does).

I really wanted to make it clear to her that being on the couch is OK, but because I am the alpha in our 'pack' that if I'm already sitting on the couch that she must ask before she gets up too. So far this has worked really well, she will sit down and stare at me until I pat the cushion next to me. It does not work quite as well with the bed though, she will start sleeping on her blanket on the ground, and when I wake up the next morning she is all curled up around me. Yes, around me. My dog loves to spoon.