[DesertChildAZ]

Johnny Cash is not even 6 months. For the first two weeks I had him, I put his crate up on the nightstand and he slept in it with the door closed, next to me. By the third week, he was sleeping in the bed. He has never ONCE urinated on the bed. {knock on wood}

The potty training book that I read made a point of stating that when dogs are asleep, their bodily functions slow down....which is why they don't have to go to the bathroom when sleeping for 8 hours as often as they do when they are awake for 8 hours. I'm a night owl, so I don't go to bed until midnight. I usually wake up at 5:45AM to get ready for work. So, Cash can usually sleep through the night and will wake me around 5:30AM (15 more minutes PLEASE...just 15 more minutes!!) licking my face or as he likes to do....literally digging into my head ( :rolls eyes: ) to let me know he has to go NOW DAMMIT, NOW!!!!

Tahoe is a different story. I don't know if anyone else has experienced this with their dog, but I have caught Tahoe doing something unusual and I'm not even sure it's what I think it is. I will wake up really early to the sound of Tahoe licking himself. I have drawn the conclusion that he is peeing a little at a time and drinking it. (Gross, I know) Obviously, I don't encourage this so I get up and let him out, but I'm pretty sure he picked that up along the way. (He's 14 and I adopted him at 10.)


~ Kelly