My guess; Tye will be using the pillow,sprawled out and taking over the bed very soon.
I think you are right. The other day I was a bit concerned that he didn't get all hyped up everytime we stood up in the drift boat to play a fish. What he did instead was claim the recenlty vacated seat as his own.
He was at the vet today. He is a nice even 30 lbs.