My Pet Has A Pillow Pet

A long time ago, at the first place I ever worked, there was this giant stuffed dog we had lying around. The owners had bought it at a toy show in hopes of making something like it. They never did, so this dog was just sitting around the office. One time when we were clearing some things out, it was time to get rid of the dog and I offered to take him.

Pillow Pets are pretty cute, though.

Do you remember the Pillow Pet toy fad of a few years ago? The animal pillows you can fold in half? They're still around, but not as heavily promoted. I recall seeing a lot of those commercials around Christmas in like 2011-ish. "It's a pillow... it's a pet... it's a pillow pet." Well, this dog turned out to be a Jumbo Pillow Pet, I've never seen one like him in stores. All of the stores sell ones that are maybe a foot wide, this thing is almost 3. I've been holding onto it all these years for no big reason, and last week I decided to try out a new purpose for it.

When Josie was about six months old, I got her a dog bed. I happily brought it home, but she didn't like it. It would make me chuckle: on numerous occasions she would lay down and curl up next to her dog bed, but never on her dog bed. Nope, she didn't like it at all. For a little while, we started leaving her in the laundry room with her dog bed when we were gone. We'd come home to find her laying on it. Hey! Maybe she likes it after all! No... it was just comfier than the tile floor. Finally one day we came home to find stuffing all over the place. Out of boredom, Josie had succumbed and chewed up her bed. Oh well... she never liked it anyways, luckily I didn't spend much on it (dog beds can run really pricey, for a glorified pillow.)

So last week I figured why not bring out the giant dog pillow. Despite her 'small dog' label, she actually needs a fairly big bed. If she lays with her legs stretched out, which is probably half the time, she can take up a lot of space. Ergo, the dog pillow was perfect for her.

I placed her onto it a few times, and then what do you know, later she climbed onto it! On her own! And then last night, she laid down on it all on her own too. I've caught her laying on it when I'm not even in the room, so my conclusion is she must like it! It makes me smile, partly because it's a dog laying on a dog haha!

Resting after a great walk.