We had an easy time w/ Brutus really...The 1st 2 nights were terrible because we had him in the kitchen w/ a babygate . I swear the neighbors must have thought we were beating a child!! Brutus threw himself into the cabinets, literally screamed at the top of his lungs the entire night!! Now 3 years later, I speak to him just like he was human and he understands!! I think at times he is part human!!