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good grief, can't believe my last entry was almost 3 weeks ago! where does the time go?

Murphy has been proving his worth this week- I was off with flu for a couple of days so I got him to come and sit with me (well, stretch out on the bed and fall asleep) for company. Found he ignored the windowcleaners whom he usually tries to kill by barking so had a bright idea - what if we had him sleeping in our room - would that stop him trying to protect the house by barking the place down every time the boys come home after we've gone to bed?

worth a try - at first all went well, he settled in on his duvet at the foot of the bed (after a confused couple of minutes trying to get him to come upstairs - official invites upstairs are indelibly linked in his minds with baths). First test at midnight when Andy arrived... alas, "woof woof woof!!" our brave hero was up and bouncing around. He stopped barking at least when I gave him a hug and hissed at him to shut up, but insisted on getting out the door to check out the intruder. OK, I opened the door and off out he went, only to arrive back in a couple of minutes and settle down on his duvet with a satisfied sigh ("all checked out OK, we can go back to sleep now") - so I turfed out the cat and shut the door again.

2.30am and in comes Nick & Elle - "woof woof woof WOOF!!!". I had my hands round his muzzle clamping it shut and he still managed to bark, even with his mouth closed! that was it - open the door and exit Murf and the idea and no you're not coming back!! Door closed.