They didn't do their jobs! GRRRRR!

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When it's time for DH to get up, I simply open the bedroom door and tell the dogs to go wake Daddy up. Most days this works well. The best part of waking up is 200 lbs. of dog on your chest.

Sometimes the dogs fail me though.

Sent them in this morning, gave it half a hour and then I had to go in and wake DH and Kane and Jax up; all three piled on the bed, Kane and DH trying to outdo each other with their snoring.

Slackers!!!!

 

[sourland]

I send Dani in to wake up the Princess each morning, and she goes back to sleep.

 

[chickensducks&agoose]

haven't you ever heard that you should 'let sleeping dogs lie'? i wonder if it applies to DH's too?

 

[MysticScorpio82]

Lol!

 

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chickensducks&agoose :

haven't you ever heard that you should 'let sleeping dogs lie'? i wonder if it applies to DH's too?

That's why I send the dogs in to do it. DH has a habit of coming up swinging if you touch him to wake him up.

 

[ChickenAlgebra]

Bad doggies

DS12 sleeps with one of the dogs in his bed. If he's slacking and not wanting to get up, I threaten to throw the cat who HATES that dog on his bed.

First time, he thought I wouldn't do it. Well, it was middle of winter, said child was BURIED under his blankets, NOTHING was sticking out other than a tuft of his hair. Cat who is the dog hater is declawed (came that way from the shelter). It's a 23 pound dog.

I am a horrible, mean mother. Why on earth did he think there was not going to be a cat thrown on his bed? Gave him 5 minutes, walked back in holding the cat who was already pinning his ears at sight of the dog. Warned DS12 that he had 5 seconds to get up or the cat was on his bed. Got the vague grunt of ignoring wake up call. Kitty was tossed on the bed. Screaming cat whapping yelping dog got him out of bed in no time flat.

Now if he's trying that stunt, I just ask if he'd like the cat on his bed. He amazingly enough gets up really quickly.

 

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[I have WHAT in my yard?]

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Man I need me a cat!!

My slacker dog goes in and "kisses" the kids awake so they have taken to bringing dog biscuits to bed!! They slide her a doggie cookie and she leaves them alone!! Little buggers.

 

[ChickenAlgebra]

Can I just say I LOVE this forum because when I am a horrid mom to entirely TOO many people because I threw the cat on DS's bed, I am just ready to SCREAM!

It's a 6 pound cat who has NO claws and despite the absolute HATE of the dog has NEVER bitten anyone or anything. It's a 23 pound dog who will cower in the corner he was in (end of the bed, standing on DS's feet) and yelp as the cat smacked him. Said child is a big boy, I have Jersey Giant sized boys and bantam Cochin sized girls - I'm bantam Cochin sized myself. He can tolerate a 23 pound dog and 6 pound cat standing on him making a HUGE ruckus. He tolerates our Pittie mix sleeping on him, who is 93 pounds.

I was sick and tired of trying to physically drag child out of bed every flipping morning. We'd moved his bedtime up. He was STILL not getting up. Tried alarm clocks across the room. He'd either ignore it or get up, turn it off and go back to bed. Tried taking all his blankets away. He'd just lay in bed shivering while he slept. I figured really, he was buried under a ton of blankets and quilts, the animals were small and I knew their behavior so I knew they wouldn't hurt him. Flying kitty time. Ha. He learned when Mom (or Dad) says get up and get ready NOW, it means get up.

He STILL is not a morning person. But I go wake him up, come back in 5 minutes and tell him if he's not up next time I walk by, I'm getting Gypsy. He's up. I'm not annoyed and snarling at him or the rest of the crew.

The Pittie does wake up calls on the other kids. It's SO much fun to do to a 14 y/o girl who took her shower the night before. She ignores the alarm clock for 30 minutes, in goes the slobbery dog. Who KNOWS that if he comes out of the room without DD, I will just send him back in until she's out of the room. She will learn eventually that I will send in the dog who will slobber all over her hair/face. Then I will not have fun in the mornings.