Kalinda made sure that cooper had water, and a place to lay down, and ordered him to stay. He didn't listening, the puppy trailing after her happily. "Cooper" She said sternly, "Stay." He looked at her with big puppy dog eyes, head tilted, tongue out. 

She sighed, kneeled down and patted him. "Be a good guard dog, okay? And you'll get a treat" The word treat did it. he plopped down, and seemed to give a doggy sigh, but he didn't follow "since when have we not taken dangerous steps?" She said, watching as he opened the fire place. it didn't surprise here that there was something like that in this pace.