Rooster Days are Numbered...I Hope!

If I'm extra tired lately it's Simon's fault! He has awakened me way too early the last 2 mornings. The other day it was just before 4 AM when I first heard the sounds of Simon. Yep, you read that right 4 AM. He continued to do his barking routine about every 20 to 30 minutes until I got the idea to put him in the spare bathroom. I whisked him up, took one of the pet beds and put him in the bathroom then shut the door behind me. Then this morning he woke me up at about 5, I first ignored him then he started up again about 20 minutes later so I once again went out to where the boys sleep in the hall and in a fury I scooped him up and put him in the bathroom again. Not a peep out of him until I was ready to get up. Sometimes with Simon more drastic measures have to be taken for him to get the point. With Cody I can simply tell him "no" and he gets it. Simon is hardheaded and you must really let him know your feelings, he can't sense feelings as good as Cody.

The spare bathroom is super dark and it's nearly the farthest thing from my room. I'm not sure how I got the idea the other morning to put him in the dark bathroom but I did. He instantly got the message and was quiet. I am now hopeful that after a few more times of an irritated me putting him in the bathroom he will soon get the message that barking early in the morning is not appropriate unless the house is burning down or a tornado is about to hit. Otherwise I don't want to hear a peep out of the boys until I'm ready for them to be up. That's how it used to be! They slept until I got up! Cody still does, this is just Simon that started this wanting to get up with the roosters thing. Weirdest part though is he doesn't actually appear to want to get up he just barks for no apparent reason. After hearing him bark if I go out to him he makes no effort to get up out of bed. It's like he's seeing if I'll come to him!

Guess what boo-boo your early morning wanting to be a rooster days are numbered. I'm determined to break you of this habit! All I want for Christmas is my Sime to keep quiet in the early morning hours.