fire safety

[Sharon & Monty]

I dont remember where or what started the conversation a few weeks ago when we got into fire safety but.. We were testing our smoke alarms and every time they went off I took Monty outside because it hurt my ears.  I decided that day that training him to leave the home when the smoke alarm went off would be a good thing.  We did practice that a few times that day a month or so ago.  Sunday our smoke alarm went off because of our wall oven that spews the heat into the hallway where the alarm is.  Guess what? Monty ran to the front door very excited and wanted to go out!  I couldn't believe it.  So to be consistent I put his leash on and outside we went until the noise stopped.  I'm so impressed that he gets  the fact to leave the house when the noise starts!  We are proud.  I hope that we never need this behaviour, but it sure makes me feel better that he might not hide in the house if a fire should occur.

[Jane, Rooney & Stuart]

Wow, that is so great!  Good job Monty.  I'm going to try to work with my puppy on this.