We have caught Shinobi doing this multiple times in the past twelve hours:

We will be in a different room and walk into our bedroom to find him curled up in a ball on top of Jonathan's velvet mushroom ottoman thing (there are sentimental feelings attached to it, don't ask me). This new little trick is so ridiculously cute, to us at least, we just about die laughing. I have no idea why he started doing this!

He is almost two and a half years old and we really like this age. He has figured out ways to communicate with us and does it frequently. Last month we signed him up for his second year of visiting nursing homes as a therapy dog. We are taking him to Jane and Karl's house to play with his best buddies Lincoln and Scout on Sunday. He stayed with them while we were in Hawaii and I think it was the equivalent of a "Men's Retreat" for him because he returned to us much more dog-like. We are so glad to have him!