The Girls Are Free and Trustworthy...So Far

Andy and I decided it was time to get rid of the dog’s cages in the bedroom and train them to sleep on the floor at night. When we discussed this idea we were a little worried that we would not be able to keep Madison off the bed. We know Izzy can’t get on the bed herself, well, not really can’t but more that she is chicken to attempt the jumping up on the bed. She still hasn’t figured out jumping yet as she still climbs on the couch and chairs. They are both potty trained now and it’s just time to get rid of the cages and get our bedroom back. After dinner and drinks last night we came home and Andy took down their cages while he had a very curious audience. The girls seemed a little confused and lost as they watched him collapse Madison’s cage and then moved Izzy’s out. We did their usually nightly routine of taking them outside to the bathroom and then giving them a treat and telling them to go to bed. We put their soft beds at the foot of our bed in hopes Madison would stay there all night and Izzy wouldn’t cause any problems either. I must say both dogs were very impressive last night. They both stayed on the floor on their beds. Only twice did they wake us up. First Madison stuck her nose in Andy’s face almost asking for permission to come on the bed. Andy just told her to go lay down. Madison then decided to come to my side of the bed as if to ask me for permission to come on the bed. Of course I told her to go lay down, and that is exactly what she did. This was pretty impressive of the dog who never listens and does whatever she wants to do. The other time we were woken up was when Captain decided to jump off the bed (Captain was on the bed sleeping with us for part of the night like he always does) and Izzy was aware of this and went after the cat. This caused Captain to yell out a scream. After telling Izzy to go lay down all was quiet yet again. We are very impressed with our girls as this is something we can very rarely say since they (meaning more Madison) are normally very naughty and very rarely ever listen. So, we are going to attempt night two of the girls’ freedom tonight. We will see if they continue to impress.