Re: Waiting for the Aha! moment


"diddy" said:

> Exactly Sally.

Sarah, actually. :-) (Although "Sally" *is* a nickname for "Sarah", it's
not one for me.)


> Having larger breeds, I'm spoiled and accustomed to dogs where you
> spend a couple sleepless nights, and bingo. It's over.

Interesting thing about Rocsi (who is now 14 lbs of solid muscle at 4
years, btw) is that she was able to sleep through the night from the very
beginning - although for the first few weeks, she did get me up an hour or
two before the alarm clock.
The fact that she slept in the bed undoubtedly helped, not only with her
ability to sleep soundly, but with her willingness to wake me up to take her
out. Her method was foolproof - she'd stand on my chest and stick her itty
bitty tongue up my nose. :-D

DAYTIME, however, was another story - she'd get busy playing, not realize
she had to go until too late, and then not be able to hold it.

One conclusion I came to, WRT small dogs, is that the interior of a house
is less likely to be percieved as the den, simply because of the relative
amount of space they have around them.
This was supported in Rocsi's case by the fact that she never peed in my
bedroom, which is small - the bed takes up 2/3 of the space - even when she
had to go Really Badly in the mornings.



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