Sleeping in the "Big Bed"

When we packed to go to the lake this weekend we forgot to put Emme’s crate in the car. She has slept in that crate every night since we got her so she is very used to the routine. She is absolutely housebroken in her crate, but I don’t know if the same would be true if she was just loose on the rug in our bedroom. So Ken brought in Rudy’s crate which was stored in the garage. Rudy has been sleeping loose in our room since the beginning of September and hasn’t used his crate at night at all. We put Emme’s “go blanket” in the crate and Emme thought that it was fun to run in and out of the crate all afternoon. We were not sure what she would do when we shut the door and she had to stay inside. We also didn’t know what Rudy would think of someone else spending the night in his crate. Not to worry. When it was time for bed, I put Emme in the crate; Rudy settled down on the rug and everyone went right to sleep. It was like a kid moving from the crib to the “big bed” but it was only for one night. Last night we were back in Wooster and she was back in her regular sleeping crate. It is nice to know that if we forget her crate again, we can just use Rudy’s.