The other night we had a lot of rain and wind. I brought him into the house and put him into his crate. He, of course, doesn't like the crate, being that he's not been confined to it for long periods of time. He spent the evening grumbling, griping and generally making lots of noise. My cat went and hid because he didn't like the noise. As he left the living room, he hissed at the pup, then disappeared under the bed.
While we were waiting for the storm to blow through, we turned off the lights and headed for bed. The pup decided to continue to grumble and whine. He made a funny noise (a mrrmmmppp, mrrmmp type of noise) that had me laughing in the other room. He continued to whine and grumble until I put him back out at eleven-ish.
I'm still learning about how to be a responsible dog owner. I don't believe that my dog should be made a revered member of the family, but I think he's treated well--he has shelter, he's played with and fed. Now all I have to do is to get him housebroken, stop him from chewing everything and anything in sight and get him to the point where my son isn't afraid of him.
Once that happens, he may be a well behaved dog.
