Ruby is a very smart dog. She is also a dog with very little coat and she gets cold. Our bed is the warmest bed in the house. It’s a 1970’s era water bed so it’s always warm. She loves it. Greg — for all his many fantastic atributes — does not like sleeping with a dog. So, she is not allowed to sleep with us. Ruby usually solves this dilemma by sleeping with the kids — not much is warmer than sleeping kids, after all.
But Ruby would like to sleep with us, in our bed, our warm bed. She occasionally tries to join us — I will half-awakedly push her off. This is when she usually goes to sleep with the kids. And, all is well.
Ruby is a very smart dog, however. This morning, I woke up and she was sleeping at my feet. She’d found a warm spot and crept up there and curled up quietly and was asleep. At my feet. Quietly.
I gave her a silent pat on the head and went on my way. She’s a good girl. What Greg doesn’t know, won’t hurt him! 😀
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Liza Lee Miller 
Smart Dogger, indeed. Lucky one, too.
Sweet girl. :c)
Oh, sweet thing.
She’s so sweet! And definitely smart!
I miss my water bed. Of course, Nellie, Hooper, the kids, the cats…well, it wouldn’t last long in this house.
Ruby is VERY smart. Sneak in a warm snooze when you can. Good dog.
Liza:
If you’ll recall, I told you so (1st email — to get it over with).
Richard
(Rotor’s “dad,” who’s Ruby’s dad)
I also have a rat terrier named Ruby Tuesday. She is very sweet and looks a lot like your Ruby Tuesday. Ruby’s favorite activity is chasing squirrels and digging.