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Does your dog(s) sleep up on the bed with you at night?

gazelle77 — Wed, 29 Jan 2014 04:51:19 GMT

We let the dog visit for a few minutes .....but not sleep with us. She LOVES to come up for belly rubs and ear rubs....problem is that she is almost 90 pounds! No room for her!

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emmysmom — Wed, 29 Jan 2014 05:19:22 GMT

Emmy, my min pin loves her bed. She will sleep with me if I put her faux fur throw on the bed. She really is a diva dog..I love it, wouldn't have it any other way!

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Kachina624 — Wed, 29 Jan 2014 06:21:27 GMT

Dogs used to sleep on the bed, then I read how unhealthy this practice is. Every spring, my dogs get infested with ticks despite my efforts to curb them. I sure don't want ticks in my bed. My bed has gotten very high and now my older dogs can't comfortably jump up so things have worked out well.

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Cyndog — Wed, 29 Jan 2014 07:34:15 GMT

Don't have dogs, but one cat does. The other four all sleep together in the guest room in a big pile, so cute.

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JeanLouiseFinch — Wed, 29 Jan 2014 11:53:46 GMT

No, our dog is not allowed upstairs yet. Besides, he'd take up the whole bed! The one exception was when I was resting after a surgical procedure I had back in December. I was rather surprised when my DH brought him up to visit. We crate our boy at night, in our family room. We call it his bed and he very willingly goes in there after his last trip outside at night. I'm often up in the wee hours and right now our office area is at one end of the family room. Usually he stays asleep and I can watch tv or spend time on the computer, and then sneak out of the room without him noticing. If I wait too long and he wakes up, then forget it, he wants out. If I let him out and I stretch out on the couch, he's right up there with me, laying on top of me. He has no concept of space, or how much he takes up! He starts out stretched out on one end of the couch with his head resting on my hip, but he often works his way up to where he's sprawled out on top of me with his entire body laying on my side. He starts out with his head resting on my cheek, but eventually maneuvers himself to his back with his head leaning back and his belly exposed expecting a good rubbing. We've both fallen asleep in that position. He's got such a sweetness about him, not a mean bone in his body. I'm the only one he'll lay like that with. If I don't want him sprawled out on me, he'll lay down on the floor beside me, between the couch and the coffeetable.

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emmysmom — Wed, 29 Jan 2014 14:01:09 GMT

On 1/29/2014 JeanLouiseFinch said:
No, our dog is not allowed upstairs yet. Besides, he'd take up the whole bed! The one exception was when I was resting after a surgical procedure I had back in December. I was rather surprised when my DH brought him up to visit. We crate our boy at night, in our family room. We call it his bed and he very willingly goes in there after his last trip outside at night. I'm often up in the wee hours and right now our office area is at one end of the family room. Usually he stays asleep and I can watch tv or spend time on the computer, and then sneak out of the room without him noticing. If I wait too long and he wakes up, then forget it, he wants out. If I let him out and I stretch out on the couch, he's right up there with me, laying on top of me. He has no concept of space, or how much he takes up! He starts out stretched out on one end of the couch with his head resting on my hip, but he often works his way up to where he's sprawled out on top of me with his entire body laying on my side. He starts out with his head resting on my cheek, but eventually maneuvers himself to his back with his head leaning back and his belly exposed expecting a good rubbing. We've both fallen asleep in that position. He's got such a sweetness about him, not a mean bone in his body. I'm the only one he'll lay like that with. If I don't want him sprawled out on me, he'll lay down on the floor beside me, between the couch and the coffeetable.

What a sweet dog..!

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JeanLouiseFinch — Wed, 29 Jan 2014 17:01:04 GMT

On 1/29/2014 emmiesmom said:
On 1/29/2014 JeanLouiseFinch said:
No, our dog is not allowed upstairs yet. Besides, he'd take up the whole bed! The one exception was when I was resting after a surgical procedure I had back in December. I was rather surprised when my DH brought him up to visit. We crate our boy at night, in our family room. We call it his bed and he very willingly goes in there after his last trip outside at night. I'm often up in the wee hours and right now our office area is at one end of the family room. Usually he stays asleep and I can watch tv or spend time on the computer, and then sneak out of the room without him noticing. If I wait too long and he wakes up, then forget it, he wants out. If I let him out and I stretch out on the couch, he's right up there with me, laying on top of me. He has no concept of space, or how much he takes up! He starts out stretched out on one end of the couch with his head resting on my hip, but he often works his way up to where he's sprawled out on top of me with his entire body laying on my side. He starts out with his head resting on my cheek, but eventually maneuvers himself to his back with his head leaning back and his belly exposed expecting a good rubbing. We've both fallen asleep in that position. He's got such a sweetness about him, not a mean bone in his body. I'm the only one he'll lay like that with. If I don't want him sprawled out on me, he'll lay down on the floor beside me, between the couch and the coffeetable.

What a sweet dog..!

Thanks, emmiesmom! He really is a big, loyal loverboy, and such a blessing to my life. We got the best end of the deal when we adopted him.

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NChgOfMyAttitude — Wed, 29 Jan 2014 17:03:06 GMT

Hero is @ 72 lbs. He lets US sleep in his bed!

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Sunnycorle — Wed, 29 Jan 2014 18:30:40 GMT

My Sunny sleeps in my bed about 1/2 the time. Some nights he starts in the bed and stays all night, sometimes leaves sometime during the night. Other nights he just goes to his bed and others he is on the sofa. He is such a sleepy dog now that he is 10 years old he isn't so finicky on where he beds down for the night. It just has to be soft and warm.

Love that DOG!!!

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gazelle77 — Wed, 29 Jan 2014 20:06:00 GMT

On 1/29/2014 NChgOfMyAttitude said:
Hero is @ 72 lbs. He lets US sleep in his bed!

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gazelle77 — Wed, 29 Jan 2014 20:06:47 GMT

On 1/28/2014 kachina624 said: Dogs used to sleep on the bed, then I read how unhealthy this practice is. Every spring, my dogs get infested with ticks despite my efforts to curb them. I sure don't want ticks in my bed. My bed has gotten very high and now my older dogs can't comfortably jump up so things have worked out well.

yes. In the summer she will not be allowed up( flea season)

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glmama — Wed, 29 Jan 2014 20:23:59 GMT

He starts out on the bed, and then usually moves to his own bed, in the corner of the room.

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Lipstickdiva — Thu, 30 Jan 2014 19:01:54 GMT

Every night. We have a king size bed and there is me, DH, my 80 pound boxer and my 55 pound boxer. Not always the most comfortable sleeping arrangements. LOL

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FastDogWalker2 — Thu, 30 Jan 2014 23:23:06 GMT

No, we have 3 dogs. And, they are not the cleanest or the smallest of pets! When we were first married, 34 years ago, we used to let our dogs sleep with us - my mom thought we were crazy!

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sue52 — Fri, 31 Jan 2014 02:59:57 GMT

Yes, of course, and the cats, too. Where else would they sleep?

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mm1206 — Fri, 31 Jan 2014 04:37:53 GMT

I have 4 dogs (2 small and 2 medium). 2 sleep with me and 2 with my daughter. If she comes to my bed at night so do the dogs.

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Feline Fine — Fri, 31 Jan 2014 06:57:08 GMT

On 1/30/2014 sue52 said:
Yes, of course, and the cats, too. Where else would they sleep?

I know! Duh...

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sue52 — Fri, 31 Jan 2014 14:24:21 GMT

On 1/30/2014 Feline Fine said:
On 1/30/2014 sue52 said:
Yes, of course, and the cats, too. Where else would they sleep?

I know! Duh...

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luvmyteddy4 — Sat, 01 Feb 2014 05:08:46 GMT

only if she kisses me goodnight

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QsZoo — Sat, 01 Feb 2014 05:18:16 GMT

On 1/30/2014 sue52 said:
Yes, of course, and the cats, too. Where else would they sleep?

Grin Ditto!!