Thank you for your posts. I have been a lot firmer with Drake and I can see the difference. This morning Andrew had to get up at 4:30 to pick his mother up from the airport and usually if one of us gets up earlier than the other, Drake barks, howls,a nd scratches the door till we let out, then he wants to come inside. (in and out and in and out!) I didn't let him out and assertively told him to lay down and that he wasn't going anywhere. We both woke up at 7 without any interuptions! I was so happy. I have to keep it up though.