Last in a series about how my dogs relate to furniture: last night, Five immediately responded to the Tempur-Pedic bed, which doesn’t bounce when he turns in circles before collapsing in a heap right where I want to lie down. Bayou seemed to like it, but after I turned the light off I heard her move to a part of the room she doesn’t ordinarily sleep in, and rose to see her asleep in my laundry hamper on my sheets and clothes.

Bayou isn’t small, weighing about 55 lbs. This is a ludicrous arrangement. In the morning, she was back on the bed.

The end.