Roman is VERY possessive of his sleeping crates. The one he sleeps in at night is kept with the door latched to prevent others from playing Goldilocks; he is uncomfortable with that violation of his space. The living room crate for timeouts and his safety zone during human meals or when visitors are here, is left with the door open but all avoid resting in it. Opal is the White Dog who regularly presses her brother by touching noses or doing her coy dating dance (both are fixed). At first, we were very nervous about her boldness and his social reactivity but they seem to have an understanding or mutual respect. This morning after breakfast Opal walked into Roman's timeout crate and settled for a nap; Roman rushed over. Steve was prepared to make opal exit but Roman accepted her presence in there and calmly stretched out in front of the open crate door and promptly closed his eyes. Steve watched for a while to make sure all was calm and safe before heading off to the kitchen. Shortly after, Roman, his sous chef joined him.
Zsofia's crate in the bedroom is always open and all come and go at their will to rest there. Our Darkest White Dog is generous to the point that we often have to ask the others to move over so SHE can fit in at night. Bailey likes to sprawl the entire length. Generally by early morning Opal has joined her sister and both are curled up together sleeping peacefully. We thought that was the case this morning until the girls lifted heads at the sound of human stirring...it was our shy PEARL sleeping with Zso not Opal. Pearl is uncomfortable in crowds and generally hangs in the fringe of the group. At night she tends to sleep in the office with White Dog and Tizenegy or on the Watching Chair in the living room. This morning she and Zso exited Zso's little "room," stretched, and headed out of the dog door for morning duty.
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