SLEEPING ON THE JOB...thankfully

There's great joy in working at home with your dogs -- they're supportive, inspirational and comforting. Sometimes the neighbor’s parrot can get involved -- read on to learn about that!
Seriously, you hit a tough spot in a project, you turn and pet a dog.
You need something that gives you comforting, the dog walks up and says, “Hey, you’re the best at feeding me.”
You need something inspirational? You turn and look and the dog/dogs are showing you how to flop down and snooze.

This collection of “working dogs” caught our attention and we asked Karen Bearman to tell us about her canine colleagues for our weekend feature Let Sleeping Dogs Lie & Napping Cats Nap. These three add to the heartbeat in the home of Karen, her husband Chris and their 7-year-old son, Sam. 
Here’s what Karen wrote: 
“We have 3 lovely ladies that share our home, all rescues from Richardson Humane Society.
“1) Parker, aka Park Bark, is our Beagle girl. She's approximately 13 years old. (She's the one in the brown recliner.) She a bit quirky and loud, as a Beagle should be. In fact, the parrot that belongs to the neighbor sometimes hangs out in their backyard and has learned to yell, ‘Parker!’ Good thing our neighbor is a vet. Despite her quirks, Parker is the most sensitive of all our dogs and will come lick your face when you need cheering up.
“2) Gigi is the brown Chiweenie curled up in the tan round bed. She is the canine version of my mother -- quiet, pretty and petite but you do not want to get on her bad side. She was a foster failure, loves to bury under the covers, is the most jealous of the three, and is also known as Her Royal Brown-ness.
“3) Sarah, aka Sarah Squee, is also a foster failure. (No, we don't need another dog; no of course we don't; ok, let's fill out the paperwork.) We think she is a Chihuahua Beagle (Chieagle?) We say she has a brain the size of a Cheerio, complete with the hole in the middle. Half of that brain is dedicated to finding food and the other half to being cute. And boy is she cute! And hungry!! She is a tripod -- she was taken to the shelter with a badly broken leg. By the time RHS was able to get her it had been broken too long and was broken on a growth plate so the orthopedist recommended that it be removed. She, of course, doesn't care and has never looked back. She was about 6 months old when the leg was amputated and is about 8 now.
“We lost our pack leader Jake last summer. He was a truly noble beagle who lived to the ripe old age of 15.

“Thanks for the chance to talk about our pack! All our dogs preceded our human son and people told us we'd feel differently after our son was born. Not so -- we're a happy family of six.”
[You can feel the love when you read that, can’t you! If you want to see about adopting a certified sleeping dog or napping cat from the Richardson Humane Society, click HERE.  To nominate the slumbering animals you love for the spotlight of Let Sleeping Dogs Lie & Napping Cats Nap, send photos and info to [email protected]. We post these photos of happily sleeping critters to inspire insomniacs to realize that they, too, can sleep if they’ll just “Go Dog” or “Go Cat” and find the right place to flop or curl. And isn't that flopping ear photo just too cute! Makes you want to try sleeping with one ear on the carpet, doesn't it, my fellow insomniacs.]
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