If raising a dog is anything like raising a toddler, then you know the little wins are everything. First time sleeping through the night, first time not eating your socks, first time choosing your bed over the crate. These are the dog-parenting rites of passage, and one Golden Retriever named Cosmo just checked off a big one. His owner captured the milestone in a video that’s both heartwarming and hilariously honest.
Owner applauds Golden Retriever for sleeping out of crate and on bed in video
The video shows Cosmo, a one-year-old Golden Retriever who, until recently, had never spent the night outside his crate. His owner appears on camera beside him, gently recapping what she calls a “big night” in their house. She tells Cosmo that he did something huge the other night. Continuing, she explains that the pup slept the entire night on the bed with his humans, without needing to return to the safety of his crate.
“You did what people call hit a milestone,” she says proudly. She goes on to tell Cosmo that most dogs typically reach this stage much earlier, but reassures him that the timing doesn’t matter. The important thing, she says, is that he finally made the leap. According to the owner, since Cosmo turned one, they’ve been testing the waters once a month, giving him a chance to sleep outside his crate. However, every time, he would whine or seem uncomfortable until he was placed back inside.
The night finally came when he didn’t return to the crate at all. He slept the entire night nestled next to his people and his dog sibling, Loki. The owner jokes that “the bed has honestly turned into a party,” now shared by two large dogs and two humans. Toward the end of the video, she tells Cosmo that he doesn’t have to sleep in bed every night. She acknowledges that he still likes his crate, and that’s okay, too.
Cosmo’s milestone may have been serious business for his owner, but viewers had some hilarious takes. “TWO Goldens in the bed with you? That’s my idea of HEAVEN!!” one person commented. Others joked about Cosmo’s attention span, with one saying, “I bet his 2 brain cells were thinking about treats while you were talking nonstop.”
