Our beagle Toby has us trained. He will sit by the door and hit it with his paw. When its time to go to bed, (His bed is upstairs in our room) he will start pacing. We have a gate across our dining room entry to family room and he will come to my chair and back to gate. We usually go up before hubby comes to bed. He'll bring Toby and molly a treat. They get 3 small biscuits. on the last he'll say that's all and time to get in your bed and off they go. Before mollie came to live with us We had a english spaniel retriever. When she passed toby was so depressed and wouldn't eat for days. We finally took him to the vet. He was mourning Over Maddie. Once we got Mollie he became his old self. Even though she rules the roost. Enjoy your new doggie.