Couldn't agree more with everyone suggesting this baby is waking up and instinctively calling his pack to him, feeling isolated, lonely, bored and frustrated out there in the kitchen.
Dogs are pack animals and need instinctively to sleep with/on/near their packmates as they do naturally, for the warmth, comfort and security they need and just as important, to fulfill the pressure of the protective instincts of the pack they inherited. As bedtime approaches, the pack always draws together in the cuddle huddle, some sleeping back-to-back, bolder, warmer-natured dogs may be further out, so that they cover all quadrants and dogs rotate sleeping positions during the nightwatch for comfort and continuing security.
__________________  Jeanie and Tibbe One must do the best one can. You may get some marks for a very imperfect answer: you will certainly get none for leaving the question alone. C. S. Lewis |