Every dog owner would probably agree that there’s nothing in this wide, wild world they wouldn’t do to make their beloved pupper at least a tiny bit happier. Even if it means sleeping downstairs on a not-so-comfortable pull-out couch a few times a week.
Meet Spike—a 14-year-old English springer spaniel who’s currently recovering from his second stroke. Unfortunately, because of his age and health problems, Spike’s no longer able to climb the stairs to the second floor to sleep in his parents’ bed.
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Spike is a 14-year-old English springer spaniel who has recently experienced two strokes
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The fact that the fluffy boy is no longer able to climb the stairs by himself is even more sad knowing that he used to sleep in his humans’ bed all the time.
“The first night we had him, we closed the stair gate and went to bed. He whined for a couple of minutes before jumping over the gate in the dark and trotting up into my parents’ room and straight up onto the bed! And that’s where he slept from then on,” Spike’s owner Catherine Morris told The Dodo.
Currently, the pupper is recovering from his second stroke and is having a hard time climbing the stairs
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Turns out, after experiencing his second stroke, Spike wasn’t able to walk, so the family would have to carry him around the house. Luckily, the boy was determined to get better and so he did.
And now, despite being able to walk again, he’s still not strong enough to climb the stairs so he can sleep where he usually does—in his parents’ bedroom.
Since Spike is no longer able to sleep in his humans’ bedroom, the family decided to alternate sleeping downstairs on the couch with him each night
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In order to prevent injuries and to make their boy Spikie happy, the family set up their stair gate and decided to alternate sleeping on the couch with him each night to make sure he doesn’t try to jump the gate.
“This new schedule started while I was away at university, so my parents spent alternate nights downstairs with Spike,” Catherine Morris told The Dodo. “Since I moved back home, I’ve joined the rotation so all in all we get a bit more sleep between the three of us.”
They’ve also set up their stair gate in order to prevent injuries
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The bond between Spike and the dad seems to be the most special of all. “They’re absolutely inseparable. My dad calls him ‘old bean’ and they’re always chatting away,” Catherine told The Dodo. “My dad will also bring Spike his water and food to the sofa and feed him by hand to make sure he gets his medicines and keeps his strength up.”
“We love our old boy so much and are so glad to have him in our lives”
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It’s clear that Spike’s family loves him with their whole hearts and would do anything to make him happy (just like every dog owner should). “We love our old boy so much and are so glad to have him in our lives,” Morris told The Dodo. “Hopefully, we have made up for his not-so-good start in life by providing all the love in the world.”
