This is great! Eddie is now hanging out in one of Niko's faovorite daytime spots lying on the deck looking out the open gate. Hooray! Eddie is lying comfortably and of his own free will on the very threshold he had such a hard time crossing just yesterday. This is really good he is undergoing much positive very rapidly. One thing I should point out as an aside about the squeeky hinges on the door is that they may have been spooky at firts but they also a distinctive warning whenever teh door is opened. I have been noticing the last two nights that he would be pading off the deck well before I could openteh door and put my head out. So the distinctive squeak of the door opening enabled him to hang out on the deck and yet not be trapped on it perhaps....