Every morning should begin with puppy cuddles.
One of Sadie’s favorite ways to cuddle is to put her back against my chest and drape her neck over my neck, looking out over the other side of my body, creating a kind of Sadie-scarf over my neck.
Of course it is nearly impossible to photograph this cuddling style because the minute the camera comes out, Sadie becomes instantly alert and gets that deer-in-the-headlights look. I’m sure my fellow dog owners can relate! It’s ridiculously hard to get adorable sleepy puppy pictures.
Breakfast
Waffles!
This morning, breakfast included two waffles topped with a mixture of ricotta and cottage cheese, freshly sliced strawberries and a sprinkle of cinnamon.
I am trying my best to work through a box of Eggo Nutri-Grain waffles that I have in my freezer before I crack into one of the six boxes of my beloved Van’s waffles that I bought earlier this week when they were buy one, get one free at Publix.
The Eggo waffles taste fine but the ingredient list isn’t fantastic and there’s just something about the Van’s waffles that I like a bazillion times better than other frozen waffles out there. All in good time, my friends. All in good time.
Today will be a full day. I have a project due and a few other tasks that need attention. I’m also hoping to cram in a lunchtime yoga class.
Hope your day is good one and full of puppy or kitty cuddles (if you like animals, don’t have severe allergies and have a pet, that is)!
Question of the Morning
- If you’re a pet owner or previously owned a pet, does your furry friend have a favorite way to cuddle? Please describe so I can be filled with that warm, fuzzy feeling that I get when people talk about their adorable animals.
Sadie loves the pseudo-scarf cuddle that I described above, but she also loves basically any cuddling that involves her face on my face. Face-to-face cuddling is her favorite.
She also seems to enjoy laying her chest on top of my chest when I’m reading and sticking her face up under my book. Neediest dog in the world, I’m tellin’ ya.
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My kitties LOVE to cuddle. One crawls under the covers and snuggles against my husband. One has to lay sideways across my stomach, so that she’s almost sitting up. One curls up in a tight little ball on top of my head (on the pillow) like a hat. and my little boy likes to plop down aside of me (and it’s a big plop – he’s a Maine Coon), and press his forehead to mine. Adorable!
oh my gosh, i just read the FUNNIEST retraction in a magazine earlier this week. apparently ladies’ home journal used a picture of a maine coon in an article where they talked about overweight pets and this lady wrote in to correct them and tell them that maine coons are just FLUFFY and the one that they pictured did NOT have a weight problem. the magazine apologized and it was awesome. 🙂
oh my gosh, that’s hilarious! Einstein (my maine coon) is 18 lbs and not quite 2 years old yet. He still thinks he’s a kitten though, and will try to curl up into the tiniest spaces!
My beagle will lay across my lap and nuzzle her head between my knees. Until she gets hot, and then she’ll move.
Also, if we go back to bed after taking her out in the morning, she’ll come to bed and curl up in a puppy ball right between our legs. It’s uncomfortable but impossible to move her because she’s so damn cute. 🙂
I always have that problem! My lil pup will get in the cutest and most comfortable position for HIMSELF and the most uncomfortable position for ME. But, I can’t get the guts to move such a precious sleeping beauty so I suffer through it. Oh the things I put myself through for that pup!! But his cuddles and smooches are SO WORTH IT!! 🙂
My kitten Tanner, every morning mind you, will jump on my back and purr as loud as he possibly can and just push his face into my hair. It’s so funny. It’s become such an usual thing that I actually wake up waiting for it! He’s so cute!
So cute! I love pet cuddles! My kitty follows me around the apartment with the look of “are you going to sit on the couch yet so I can take nap number 2,000 of the day already” with those tired eyes and deep purrs. Then the instant I sit somewhere, she is on my lap, does a circle, curls her paw, tucks her head, and is instantly out for the count. It makes me heart melt. <3
I totally agree with you about Van’s waffles! They truly are the best. I love the waffles and the french toast sticks. 🙂
My family dog, Oliver is such a cuddler. When I go over to see him, he will just smack his entire body against my leg and then look up at me and put his paws and legs in the air so I can scratch his belly. He is such a king!
Awww…those pictures are adorable. My dog loves cuddling as well! She is very needy and if you don’t give her the attention she wants she can become a bit annoying. That’s why I try to schedule at least one long “cuddling session” with her per day. Sounds crazy but she loves it. By the way, I found sadie on twitter this morning which made my day….so cute! As you may assume Sunny (my dog) has a facebook account 🙂
One of the dogs we used to have used to trick you into thinking she wanted to cuddle, then about 1 or 2 minutes in, she’d roll over and want her belly scratched. If I didn’t do it, that was it – she’d go looking for someone else to ‘cuddle’ with. Her trick worked pretty much every single time… she was just too cute to resist!
My cat Claire loves to be held like a baby. She’ll fall asleep if you rub under her chin and her belly – just purring away She likes to sleep next to me at night, she is a bigger bed hog than Mike or I!
Our dog loves cuddling – he likes to have contact with our bodies at all time during the night. If I am sleeping on my side, Colby likes to curl up in the crook of my legs and then rest his head on my butt. Must be a nice pillow 🙂
In the morning – as soon as we stir and Colby can tell someone is awake.. he army crawls his way in-between my fiance and I an gives us endless kisses. This morning he kept resting his head on top of my head because he knew I wasn’t ready to get up yet.
i LOVE the name colby. i actually liked it for a human (baby boy name?), but ryan said it makes him think of cheese. i bet i could get away with it for a dog, though! 🙂
Hahah – we do occasionally call him Colby Jack Cheese 🙂 or Cheeseball
Our late dog loved to curl up in bed, under the blanket, with his back tucked in the corner of my knees (I curl up as well). You bet he didn’t get up even for snacks once he was under the covers. ^^
Our cats – the tomcat loves to stand on my back, kneading gently and pushing his head against the BF’s head. And the kitty – she is in love with the BF (of course, so am I), and every night as soon as he sits down on the sofa, she jumps onto his lap, starts kneading and then makes herself comfortable with her head on his chest. I would be jealous (because that is MY SPOT!), but it’s so cute…
My cat Romo lovesss to cuddle up on my chest… He curls into a ball and somehow manages to get comfy! He also loves when my husband holds him like a baby, but he hates when I do it… I think because my husband is bigger he feels safe and cozy! Now I want to leave work and go cuddle with romo!
aw! i hope you have a picture of that!
Zeus loves to cuddle! Most nights he has to be touching me in some way, shape or form. If I roll over and have my back to him, he’ll get up and plop himself back down right against my back so that he’s still touching me.
When my longhaired Dachshund hears the alarm go off in the morning, he takes that as his cue to crawl over to your face and nudge you with his nose until you pet him.
that is seriously too cute!
I can’t sit on the floor without my “puppy” (90 pound lab!) literally crawling into my lap. I sit indian-style and he climbs right in there. It’s a great hip stretch 😉
My Sadie loves to snuggle under the covers right between my calves. LOL She will paw at the covers with her nose and paws until I lift them up so she can get under there. Of course she has to turn around 3 times before settling down. 🙂
One of my dogs has very long legs and always has trouble getting comfy. She will jump on me and circle until she finds a good spot, which is usually her butt in my face!
LOL!
My dog lays back to back with me, which is my favorite. The scarf is also popular in this household, and it’s when she wants me to wake up. My dog is small though so its just her whole body across me and then she randomly turns to lick my face. This only happens on days off too! Gotta love em!
Our chocolate lab loves to lay on her back with her feet up in the air between my husband and I in bed. She will even fall asleep like this. She also likes to lay on the pillows basically on top of our heads. We just got her in December and now I cannot imagine life without her!
I love seeing your photos of Sadie. It’s funny how I gravitate towards bloggers who include dog photos haha.
i do the same thing. i have a soft spot for animal photos. 🙂 and chocolate labs are so adorable. i saw a card at the grocery store the other day w/ a choc lab puppy on in that said “every birthday needs a little chocolate” inside. 🙂 so cute!
My cat Hallie loves to cuddle when I get home from work (as she’s been home alone all day). She’ll jump up on the table and stand on her hind legs, placing her front paws on my chest. I’ll them pick her up and carry her over my shoulder, and we’ll walk around the house exploring all of the “high” places.
We always stop in front of a mirror, but she has yet to recognize herself! 🙂
My pug likes to curl up at the bend in my legs. If I’m laying on the couch with my knees bent a little bit, he’ll curl right up in there! So cute!
Tash-Spice’s nightly routine: 1. Jump on the bed. 2. Cry and rub my face on mom 3. Mom lifts up sheets so I can crawl into the cave 4. Drape body across mom’s stomach….she’s been doing it since she was a babe…can’t really reject her now (and if the allergist asks…she doesn’t sleep in my room).
hahaha! sadie loves “the cave,” too.
Your dishes are ADORABLE. I bought my boyfriend’s mother the same mug from Anthropologie, though hers has K not a J 😉
My family dog is this little seven-pound ball of love who likes to make a bit of a whiney noise (not a bark…) until someone pays attention her her & starts giving her a shoulder rub. The minute someone stops, she scoots her body closer and closer until she’s sitting on the person’s lap begging for attention. It’s THE cutest thing. I’ll have to include some pictures of her on my blog!
Have a great day 🙂
Those waffles look delicious! I’m a fan of Van’s too.
I don’t have anyone to cuddle with! I just wake up and start my day, this is prolly a good thing. Otherwise I would never get up!
My cat was the anti-cuddler- usually. He would avoid being petted or any cuddles until he wanted them RIGHT NOW. Then, he would continue to bite me until I gave in and then he’d drool all over my lap. When he was done, instead of getting up and walking away, he’d bite me and THEN get up and walk away.
Have you ever thought about taking Sadie to visit with patients in a hospital or nursing home? I also have a dog with a lot of love to give & she LOVES going with me to volunteer. The more hands to pet her the better!
My dog is a shih tzu so she is on the smaller side but she loves to lay on my head. If I’m laying down she plops on my head (she doesn’t seem to care if I can breathe or not). It always makes me laugh.
i have! i actually printed off the application and everything about a year ago for one opportunity in orlando, but the thing is sadie can be REALLY funny about strangers. she’s SO friendly and loving w/ people she knows, but she often won’t let strangers pet her or come near her. she’ll even bark at them on occassion which worries me if we were to take her to a senior living facility. i would LOVE to do it though!
our yellow lab will do the same exact thing that you described sadie doing! he’s too funny. or if we’re sitting on the couch, he’ll get all forceful so that he can be as close to our legs as possible (sometimes underneath our legs). our chocolate lab just adores any love and attention she can get. she’s also kind of awkward, but as long as she is close to you in any way, she’s a happy girl. our pups make my day every day!
Barkley loves to cuddle in my lap, even though he’s way to big for it now! He also likes to burry his head in the nook of your arm, under your pillow.. once in a while in a shoe.
Teddy and I always spend a few good minutes cuddling every morning. If it were up to him we’d never get out of bed! He likes to spoon and be the inside spoon. When he was a puppy he liked to sleep with his head resting on my shoulder. When he’s sleepy enough you can put him in any position that you want!
Hi!
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Sadly my kitty passed away this passed year after I had her since I was in elementary school..but she was the sweetest thing. She was the best cuddler and I would always hold her and she would rub her face up to mine when I told her to give me kisses!!
My frenchie Sophie loves to lie next to me in bed, all stretched out, and rest her head…in my armpit. No joke! 🙂
My cat loved to “spoon” with me, even letting me drape my arm over his stretched out body. He could sleep that way all night! In the morning, if I was sleeping through my alarm (aka my cat was annoyed at the sound) he would get up and press his paws(and claws) right on my lips! Strangest thing, but I loved him for doing it so I didn’t sleep too late! haha 🙂
Our cat does the same thing with the camera!
She also only cuddles with my husband (yes I get jealous), she likes to lay on his stomach when he is on the couch.
And THIS is why I need a dog. Coming home to this kind of snuggling at the end of the day would be awesome.
My husband and I have 2 miniature labradoodles. One LOVES to cuddle and he will just bury his face in my lap. The other we refer to as ‘weird girl’ because she likes to flop around on the floor and lay in strange positions. She’s not much of a cuddler. Sometimes she will sit next to me & lean against me. Her body style is very similar to Sadie’s, very lean & muscular so when she’ s flopping round on the floor ‘being weird’ it’s so funny because she has these gangly legs. Quite hilarious!
I love your Sadie pictures!
My dogs like to cuddle by jumping on top of me and pinning me down. Then they attack me with kisses. One of my dogs is 90lbs, so there’s no way I can fight them off…when they want cuddles, they get them 🙂
Haha I was just going to say the same thing! Mine is about 70 pounds but she cuddles like she weighs 15 – she loves to spoon and then shove her head into your armpit…weird lil girl!
Awww Sadie is soo cute!! My cat Zoey likes to cuddle in a variety of ways. The last time she snuggled with me, she graciously placed her butt directly in my face, had her tail going around the side of my neck, and then proceeded to lay along my chest and neck as if she was a scarf haha…it was really warm!!
I had a kind-of-bad day yesterday and cuddled with my pup AFTER work. 🙂 She’s a Jack Russel so she just curls up against my legs or my belly.
April likes to spoon with one of us, while pushing her legs straight against the other (she’s in between us). Then comes the inevitable leg lift so that we rub her belly (or nether regions). Of course if you stop petting, she might lost interest and run away. She’s not a big cuddler except in bed (where she just got permission to sleep by wearing down her dad), so we take what we can get.
I think I’m the only one who does not like Van’s. I think they are too think and basically taste like cardboard. I don’t know why. I’m a fan of Kashi’s. Maybe its my toaster but they come out like rocks!
aww so cute! Kona likes “nests.” I sleep on my side a lot so my knees/legs will be in a 90 degree angle and she will curl up in there and usually put her head on my legs and look at me. love it!
For as similar as Ginger and Sadie are, this is one thing Ginger doesn’t do! She’s not a lap dog and doesn’t really like to cuddle (unless it’s right when her “dad” gets home and he throws himself on the floor and she dives between is legs with her feet in the air…I’ll let you mentally visualize that one…) Otherwise, she immediately gets up when we try to cuddle her and plops herself down inches from us so she’s still close but not touching. It’s kind of amusing.
My Vizslas are the same way, but especially my younger one. She wants to get every part of her body on/near/touching me as possible.
My dad’s dog (a wire-haired terrier) LOVES sitting beside me and resting his head on my lap. It wouldn’t be a problem, except I’ve usually got my laptop in my lap and his head usually interrupts my typing/writing. 🙂
My dog Bailey is a weimaraner that LOVES to snuggle. She loves to curl up and sleep between my legs at night, although it gets uncomfortable sometimes! She is also the same color as the couch so sometimes we can’t find her because she is lounging on the couch!
hahaha, Nacho is the grumpiest old man ever but he loves to cuddle. He usually likes to either curl in into a ball and snuggle close to the crook of my arm or he curls up between your legs to sleep. His girlfriend Nina is worse of an attention hound..she also curls up but nudges your hand if you stop petting her until you begin again. two funniest chi’s ever 😉
My kitten loves the scarf snuggle. He wraps himself around my throat. He used to perch himself on my shoulder like a bird but he is too big for that now. So, I hold him like an infant. Front paws and head over my shoulder and he sometimes wraps his back legs around me like a child. I feel like I could burp him if I wanted to! He tries to bury his head as close to my neck as possible. It’s so sweet! That’s his favorite option right now.
Love this. If I lay down on my back, my parents dog crawls right up on top of me and puts her paws on my collarbone with her face between them. Then we stare at each other, nose to nose. And I’m not allowed to move or I get attitude 😉 hahaha
you just reminded me to cuddle my babies–children every morning! Sometimes we get too busy in this old world! e
When I lay on my back, my dog (Milo) loves to sleep with his head on my shoulder, his nose touching my forehead, his paws draped over me, and my arm around him. When his dad is sleeping on his stomach, Milo will lay with his front paws and head resting on his back. Everything is so much better with a puppy cuddle!