Does Your Dog Sleep in Your Bed??

[laurajetter]

Okay, don't any of you have a problem of getting dog hairs all over the sheets and blankets (for those dogs that shed)? We allowed our chocolate lab to sleep with us for a few months, but I just couldn't stand all the hairs everywhere! And I couldn't just wipe them off, they would become embedded, especially the fine, smaller hairs. I do brush her to get some of the excess off, but it's never good enough. I wish I didn't have such an aversion to all the dog hairs in the bed (I seem to do fine ignoring them everywhere else!) because I loooved snuggling with my doggie on the bed!

Except there was one other problem she had, though. She had a ritual of laying at the foot of the bed and chewing on her bone. She would always hold the bone so close the edge of the bed that many times it would fall off. She was too spoiled to jump down and get it, so she would just sit there and whimper a little, then softly bark, then loudly bark until one of us retrieved her precious bone. Wait a minute, I thought she was the retriever of the family! The loud bone gnawing got on my nerves too, by dh always said, "C'mon, let her enjoy herself! Look how happy she is!" Yeah, well what about me trying to sleep?!!

Anyway, she now sleeps in a a deluxe doggie bed next to ours which has her name embroidered on it. She's funny because she doesn't know how to sleep on it...it has a soft bolster on two sides and one in the back, but she never uses them. Usually she is facing backwards with most of her body on the foam bottom with her head hanging off, resting on the floor.

-Laura

 

[skuttle]

Our Yorkie sleeps in our bed. All started when we first got her...I couldn't stand the whining when she was in her kennel at night so we started putting her in the bed to shut her up (and DH will tell you to shut me up as well because I will admit I whined about her whining. ). She's only about 7 pounds and doesn't shed so no big deal. Milo, our Corgi, doesn't sleep with us...he's bigger, sheds, and his legs are too short for him to jump up on the bed and jumping down is too dangerous for him since he's so short and heavy. Plus, the two dogs would growl at the other if the other invaded their space.

 

[LindaG4458]

When we had multiple dogs the oldest was designated "Bed Dog" and got to sleep with us. As each oldster passed on, the next in line became the privileged one. Now we only have Harry and he loves to sleep with us. Frequently DH and I are hanging off the sides while Harry is snoring comfortably in the middle! He also gets chilly and will shiver until we cover him with his polar fleece blankie.
I only get really irritated when he lays down on my feet - I give him a couple kicks and he will grudgingly move.