Quote Originally Posted by joycenalex
..'k i have another question...angel duke snored, LOUDLY. the wonder dog snores, princess pretty paws peanut passes gas, loudly. how noisy is it when your dogs sleep in your house. and the "i gotta go out right now biped" noise of one dog is impossible to sleep through, how do you get them outta the door into the yard in the am? and where does muskwa sleep?

It's actually quite quiet once they all settle into their spots. There are usually 10-12 inside, even in the summer. They aren't allowed to wander the house all night. They end up confined or outside if they won't settle down. Occasionally some of them snore a bit, but not too bad. Sleet giggles in her sleep, at least that's what it sounds like.

They wake me up usually by whining. Bandit rings the cowbell on the door handle when he needs out. Tehya starts to kick her crate wall! I usually get up fairly quickly. Stuart can sleep through all of it!

Getting them back to the right spots can be tricky. Have to remember who's where and who gets along, which can be a little foggy in the early morning! Heyoka is in the big yard overnight( he won't stay in for more than an hour). He isn't allowed near Tehya. So I have to bring him in the porch before she can go out. He is not always cooperative with that plan! For most of them I can just open the door and go back to bed. Pacer can't be left out there unsupervised(he gets beat up). So I wait for him to do his business and he comes back inside til I get up. Goldie has to be leashed and walked back to her pen. Always fun at -40 and 5am!

Muskwa sleeps beside the bed on Stuart's side. Occasionally he comes up on the bed, but he never stays for long.