Susan-I'm enjoying reading about your newcomer dog's adjustment...

Stilly River Sage: do your cats only try to train you to go to bed when they want? No waking up??!

Mine only occasionally try to get me to bed,and are rarely vociferous abut it. On the other hand, they need frequent discouragement from furry-four-footed-alarm-clock activities in the morning... One cat licks paper items to try to get me up. Countermeasure is usually sending them out and shutting the door for a while so there's no positive reinforcement.