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Daisy sleeps at the foot of our bed in the corner nearest the doorway. She is "on guard" all night long, warning of anyone passing by the doorway, be it cat or human. Should my husband come into bed late she growls and barks all the while he is saying "it's me, it's me." (And once in a while adding in a few other words I will not repeat!) But once he can pet her she is just fine and goes back to sleep in her guard spot.

My husband wasn't too happy with all the "alarms" during the night until one evening my 9 year old was sleep walking. She passed our doorway and headed to the kitchen. After Daisy the alarm sounded I checked to see what all the growling and barking was about and found my daughter and returned her to bed. It was kind of scary to think she could have left the house or hurt herself. My daughter had no recollection of it the next day. If it wasn't for Daisy we might not have woken up.

Now when the alarm sounds we don't mind as much anymore.