Thank you, Christine (and Delaina and Julie) for the reassuring response. As a new dog mom, I'm a little obsessed with trying to do the right thing all the time (god help me when I have human children), and it's the kind of issue that's keeping me awake at night.
Thankfully, it didn't keep Stitch awake last night as he went to bed very quietly in his crate. PHEW! It also helped, I think, that hubby and I spent an hour watching a DVD (see side not below) last night with him in our laps before going to bed. We do that all the time at home, and it probably felt more familiar than the last few nights when hubby was up late working and didn't come to bed with us straightaway.
Side note - if you haven't seen National Geographic's In the Womb: Animals, I *highly* recommend it. It's really interesting and the technology is just amazing. And every time they showed a dog on the screen, Stitch would sit up, his ears would perk, and he'd be captivated by the image. It was so cute! |