Good news, Suki slept in her crate in the other room last night!

A bit of whining and complaining at first but my definate 'bed' commands seemed to work and in the end she got the message and went to bed. Hooray!

Message to others - be patient and you'll get there! It's only taken a week and we've achieved our goal of her not sleeping in our room with the minimum or upset and fuss.

Now just need to crack the toilet training which is still quite hit and miss! Yesterday she was going to the back door to be let out for a wee - thought I'd nearly cracked it! However, think I spoke too soon as today she seems to think under the kitchen table is the place to go! Ah well, will just keep trying