I took this shot on Friday night as we were starting to put the dogs up. That's Daisy on the left and Bailey on the right in their "boats," as we call them. These upside-down open crates are perfect for the incontinent twins. It makes cleaning up after them in the morning a lot easier, and they like having that "convertible" feeling with the open top. We elevate the boats to make it easier to pick them up and carry them outside, rather then having to bend down to the floor to get them. (No, they are not going to jump or climb out and hurt themselves; we've had the boats on the floor for a long time first, and they've never been able to get out by themselves. Because of their neurological problems, neither Daisy nor Bailey has the leg strength or agility to climb over the side of their boats.)
In the boat is a thick West Paw bed, and just before we tuck them in, we give them a soft fleece blanket to burrow under — on Friday night it was the Winnie the Poo blankets you see hanging over the edge of the boat. We have a bunch of different blankets, these two just happened to be in the laundry rotation that day. (Although very cute for the blog, I must say!)
As for cleaning up, on the left of Daisy's boat is the red basket of cleaning supplies, and behind it is a stack of fresh towels for wrapping around the peein' wee'uns before carrying them outside in the morning (to avoid a 7:30 a.m. squirting on one's clothes, which is not how we like to start the day, needless to say).
Bailey and Daisy only worry that one day we might decide to take their boats down to the pond to see if they'd float. So if they ever heard Alayne or me say, "Hey, kids, let's go boating!," there are going to be two very nervous Dachshunds here.
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