Kody has calmed down significantly over the last week or two. He rarely barks or even pays much attention to what's going on outside. He's calm and sleeps most of the time while I'm working. It's a little disconcerting.
He also asks to go outside a lot less often. It is getting colder, and before that it was raining a lot, which I'm sure plays into it. Like the calmer demeanor, it kind of throws me off. In addition he goes on little patrols around the door area and other areas of the house. Because these are not directly in my line of site sometimes, it used to throw me off. But if I go near him with a leash he just looks at me or walks away. If he does need to go outside, he makes it adequately clear, so now I'm learning to wait for him to do that. I'm definitely the one being trained here!
I guess these are both signs that he's growing up. We used to go out all the time, and I thought that would be kind of the way life would be. I mean, this is a good thing, it's just different and takes some getting used to.