Rightful Place

Sir Felix holding court on his throne

Order is restored!  The Pipe Spaniels are now in Rightful Place!

We did not know what Rightful Place was.  I do not lie, I did not know what "Rightful Place" even meant!  But SillyFamily tells Oscar and me that we are in Rightful Place.

Rightful Place means where you are supposed to be.  Oscar and me did not know!  We thought we were supposed to be alone having hard times.  We thought we were supposed to stay away from people like SillyFamily.  But we were wrong!  Rightful Place is with SillyFamily.

When we first came to SillyFamily we were very shy.  We did  not know this was where we were supposed to be.  We did not let SillyFamily get close...not without a fight!  But now I think it is not SillyFamily who was being silly.  I think it was the Pipe Spaniels who were being silly.

SillyFamily is awesome!  Now that Oscar and me are in Rightful Place we do not have to be scared!  We are definitely not scared of SillyFamily!  When SillyFamily walks by, we do not scurry out of the way.  When SillyFamily comes into a room we do not go to the corners or go "under".  Why would Oscar and me do that, when SillyFamily only wants to give us hugs and pets and sometimes treats?  Because we are not scared now we know that SillyFamily only wants to love us and protect us.  Before knowing about Rightful Place, we did not listen to SillyFamily, because we thought they might hurt us.  Now we know better!  Now we know to listen to SillyFamily because they want us to be happy and they do not want us to be hurt.

Rightful Place is not just one place! Sometimes
Rightful Place is on top of SillyFamily!

At first with SillyFamily we did not want to listen to go outside, or come back in.  Maybe SillyFamily was kicking us out!!  Or maybe they wanted to trap us when we came back in!  Now we now SillyFamily only lets us out because they want us to have fun and do our doggy business.  Oscar and me have learned about Poochie Bells!  Poochie Bells are on the back door.  We can bump them with our noses and SillyFamily will let us out.  We are very good with Poochie Bells!  Oscar says we should bump Poochie Bells all the time and make SillyFamily crazy!  But I told Oscar no, we will only ring Poochie Bells when it is time to go out.  SillyFamily was so proud when we learned to use Poochie Bells!  Now they do not have to guess when it is time for doggie business, or when the Pipe Spaniels want to play.

Oscar and me know coming inside is also good!  When we come inside we always get pets and snuggles, and sometimes we get treats!  Why would we be shy and not want in?  We were being silly.  Now we know about Rightful Place, we know it is safe to come inside.  When SillyFamily says it is time to come in, Oscar and I race to see who can get to the door faster.  Oscar is very fast!  But he is not as good a listener as me, so I usually win the race to the door.  Sometimes if it is MuddyWet outside, SillyFamily will wipe our feet before we go in.  We did not like that at first!  When it was MuddyWet we sometimes did not want to come in because we did not want our feet wiped!  But now we know inside is Rightful Place, and we get more pets, snuggles, and treats when our feet our wiped than other times!!

FlowerySmellingGirl says we are "almost normal dogs"!  The one thing we still will not do is go for walks on leashes.  Oscar and me are not scared of anything in SillyFamily house or yard!  But Outside is scary with many scary sounds and sniffs and people.  When we are Outside we just want to go back to SillyFamily places, and we pull and tug on leashes. SillyFamily is trying but we are still scared of walking Outside!  But we are trying to be braver than we were at first.  SmellyMan says someday soon we will be walking on leashes no problem.

Other than Outside we listen very well!  When SillyFamily tells us to stop something we are doing we stop, even though we do not know why.  Oscar and me like to WrestlePlay very hard and sometimes SillyFamily tells us to stop when we are WrestlePlay in the living room.  Why would they want us to stop?  WrestlePlay is the bestest game in the world!  Maybe SillyFamily wants to WrestlePlay too?  I do not understand SillyFamily sometimes but I know we are in Rightful Place so I listen and stop WrestlePlay when I am told.

Things are very good in Rightful Place!  There is no more "under" in Rightful Place.  Oscar and I do not go in our "under" spots any more.  Why go "under" when you can be out with SillyFamily?  That would make us Silly Pipe Spaniels.  We go wherever SillyFamily goes!  But when we are tired we have ComfySafeSpot with pillows.  Sometimes if we have played very hard we will go to ComfySafeSpot and sleep away from SillyFamily.  Otherwise we stay with SillyFamily.

The Pipe Spaniels have found Rightful Place!  If you are reading Felix's blog post I hope you too have Rightful Place, as life is so much nicer there.

Felix