Whimpering Georgie

In the middle of the night, Georgie started whimpering. I petted him, thinking that perhaps he was just awake and lonely. As long as I petted him, he was quiet, but as soon as I stopped, the whimpering started again. It occurred to me that he had never done this before and perhaps he was sick. I decided to get up, turn on the lights and examine him, but first, I needed to go to the bathroom.

As I was walking to the bathroom, Georgie took off running down the stairs and went out the doggy door. A minute later, he was back in bed all snuggled up and ready to sleep. The whimpering had stopped. His only problem was that he needed to go to the bathroom and rather than go outside and take care of it, he preferred to whimper all night.

I do understand. There have been times I have suffered with a full bladder or been freezing cold and rather than get up and do something about it, I preferred to stay in bed and suffer. Dogs and people aren't all that different. No one likes getting out of bed on a cold night.