Sophie, Squirt and Dakota, with Elvis at 4 months
Yesterday Elvis turned 4 months old. He’s showing signs of growing up and we are slowly de-puppy-proofing the house. He’s been with us about a month now, is learning the rules of the house, and we are trusting him more. Elvis was raised well before we got him: he knew his name, was pretty much housebroken although he had a few accidents before we really learned to communicate with each other, was well socialized with other dogs, and although timid at times was not afraid of noises.
So yesterday we began bringing things out of hiding and de-puppy-proofing the house. Coasters came off the book case and back onto our end tables, and remote controls were returned to their rightful place. He’s also showing signs of outgrowing his kennel although it’s a large one. For the past several nights, he’s become restless and woke us up at midnight and then again between 1:00 to 1:30 a.m. We’ve been letting him outside to do his business and then return him to his kennel, but last night he refused to kennel up.
We decided that sleep was more important than a mess, so we allowed him to sleep outside his kennel. No problem. He stretched out next to the bed and we all slept the rest of the night.
