a dollar tree on the way home and bought a very small stuffed animal, a brown puppy (it was almost exactly the same length as bailey at the time.) we placed the stuffed puppy into his cage before we put him in it, with the hope that bailey would think it was another bunny.
sure enough, after a few hours, we noticed bailey cuddling up to the stuffed puppy. we were always careful to keep them together — when we took bailey out of the cage to take him somewhere, we’d bring the puppy too. over the next few days and weeks, as bailey grew larger than the puppy, he continued 