Last evening/this morning, we fell asleep on the counch. Tink was curled up next to me. When I woke up, the spouse was in the Fun room and Ms Tink was asleep in her crat with the door shut. About an an hour before Ms Tink usually wakes up to let us know it is time to feed her, she started to bark. So we got up to abide by her wishes (one would think she was a cat and not a dog as cats have staff). We found Ms Tink running all over the house - apparently she crated herself, but he didn't lock the door. When I went outside to feed the cats on the front porch, I found a WatchTower pamphlet shoved into the screen. Ms Tink came out to investigate why the doorbell had rung. And she was really barking. We did not hear the bell upstairs, and frankly, nobody we know uses the front door - everyone uses the gated walk off the driveway. I think Ms Tink scared them off. I was really pleased she did not take the freedom to take the opportunity to destroy her housebreaking <VBG>. Especially since we took at least 10 minutes to get up, prepped and dressed to go down and do the dog chores. This is old farm country - and most farmers are out doing chores in the morning. They also tend not to answer doors when people are not expected. Homes/Farms are protected by a company called Smith and Weston around here, or the loose farm dogs or both. I wonder if they made it to the end of the unpaved farm road <VBG> without incident. ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2010. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================