A New Bed

I bought Rusty a new feeder online and took the time to assemble it. I thought to myself. "Rusty is gonna love this! It keeps his food off the ground so he can't poop in it and it can hold hay too! This is great!" The very second that I brought it to the barn, I hung it on the wall and put pellets and hay in it. I was so proud of it! A couple days later, I stood outside the barn to see if Rusty would pop his head out of the gate and yell at me like he always did. He was nowhere to be seen! I called his name, but still, no response. I then walked into the barn and see Rusty LAYING in his new feeder! I couldn't stop laughing! That had to have been uncomfortable! Not only that, but he POOPED in it too! Silly Rusty!

After this, my dad decided that Rusty might want a raised platform so he put a little corner bed out of scrap wood he found on the back porch. After a couple days, Rusty got used to it and jumped on it for a few seconds. Now, he loves it and jumps to and from it all the time. When it's cold, I like to put blankets in there so Rusty can snuggle with them when he's cold. Seemed like a good idea, right?

I think he liked the cushion opposed to the hard wood bottom. I spent a lot of time getting that bed to look nice for him. I know it's better for the bed to be functional than to look nice, but Rusty made me sure of it.

He started digging at the blankets and messing up my beautiful masterpiece! When I got him to stop, he looked up at me like this...

How could I not forgive this face?!