Saved by the Kong

We have had the bean since 3/24... and 3/23 was the last night of sleep we have had. Seriously. To be honest she is getting better and the "murdered puppy" sounds she makes at night are steadly declining. Here is the run down. We go to bed between 10 - 10:30. These days she only complains for about 5-10 minutes. Dave and I sigh and go to sleep until about 12:00 when the barking starts, she goes on for about 15 minutes, rests and starts in for another 5-10 minutes, then naps till 2:00, repeat at 4:00 and an encore performance about 5:45. No kidding - full on someone is killing me barking. Let me out of here I am going insane barking. There is in an intruder in the house stealing all of the kibble, let me out and I will tear them to shreds (after I lick them a few times) barking.

Then there was the Kong.....

I am not talking about that cute little pink, for new puppies Kong I bought. I am talking about a huge, bigger than her head, sized Kong that had been forgotten under the bed by the others before her. I knew it was down there (and that was the only thing she hadn't drug out from under the bed - but that is another blog) but she never grabbed it. Until Thurdsay night - when she was running around proud to be dragging this thing around - prancing actually - in that I have something I am not supposed to have dance. So - back to the barking. One of the problems is that the way the crate is partitioned her little toys fall to the other side during the night - leaving her no toys to play with so she barks instead (of course why wouldn't she). This new (to Sabina) Kong is to big to slide through the crack and volia - we have a toy to play with. The past two nights have been the best we have had yet.

Now we are down to one bark performance (about 1200) and the rest of the night she either mildly complains with a short whine or a hrumpf and gets to chewing on the Kong. Which means I am sleeping. It is so wonderful. I love the big Kong, I love the dog who abandoned the big Kong under the bed, I love the person who created the big Kong, the person who sold it to me, and mostly that Sabina finally found the one thing left under the bed, the only thing that was every under the bed she was allowed to have and finally that she drug it out.