Ruby's been hanging out in the kennel without too much trauma, even going in there and sleeping for a little bit while we had company over, so I decided to try and keep her in the kennel overnight last night.

Kirsten thought it might be a little too early, but I was pretty confident she'd whine for a little while then fall asleep. What in fact happened was that she whined for awhile, then I fell asleep.

About 1:30, we got hit by a heavy rainstorm, and I awoke to the sound of some really very loud dog whining. I decided that I'd go downstairs and treat it as though she was whining because she had to pee in the middle of the night, took her by the collar and led her outside, let her pee, then put her back in her kennel. About 20 sleepless, whiny minutes later I did the same thing, but this time told her "upstairs" when we got back in the house. She slept upstairs with us for the rest of the night.

We'll try again tomorrow night.