Molly's restless night

[Autumn & Lola]

I just had to share this.

Molly sleeps in a crate. She has never minded, never cried and never fights to go in at night. When she wakes up, she very calmly sits there until I let her out.

Last night she started whining shortly after I put her in. I thought it was odd, but tried to get to sleep, but she wouldn't stop. I went to her crate to make sure her two bedtime toys (pink pillow and purple puppy) were in there with her and they were. She quieted down and I went back to bed. At 3 am she was crying again. I woke up and thought perhaps she needed to go out (which she never does in the middle of the night). I put her out and.........nothing. So I looked in the crate to make sure a mouse or something wasn't in there. I put her back in the crate.

At 7 a.m. I woke up and she was whining. I took her out of the crate and put her outside to go. I knelt on the floor and pulled out her blanket and pad - eureka! She had buried a bully stick, a toy pretzel and another hard toy in her crate. The bully stick was sticking straight up between the wire, but under the blanket. I imagine it was poking her, and the other toys were making it hard for her to get comfortable. Silly dog!

I brought her back inside and showed her what she did. Not sure if she understood but now I will check her crate to see what she may have hidden in there before bedtime!

[sheila and Misty]

Oh Molly! Toby did something similar to that only he was outside the crate scratching and pulling at it-his treat was stuck wedged between the bottom and the floor and he was crying to get to it.

[OzGirl]

Reminds me of the fairy tale "The Princess and the Pea" Except I suppose a bully stick is a bit bigger than a pea...