my lab sleeps in her bed in the living room and my puppy sleeps in my room but refuses to sleep in my bed lol prefers her own so she sleeps in that on the floor of my room

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2.3 bearded dragons, 1.0 red foot tortoise, 1.1 ferrets, 0.1 labrador, 0.1 pomeranian, 0.1 cat,
0.1 royal python, 0.1 bunny, 1.0 yemen chameleon.

The dog sleeps in the bathroom (why is beyond me!) but the skunk tends to sneak up on the bed in the morning for an hour or so. He used to sleep in the bed all night but has recently decided the ikea catalogue under the cupboard is better

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If my wife is working nights then they choose to sleep with the kids. If she is not on nights then they sleep on our bed. Will not sleep with me if I am on my own? but come for a tickle when I wake up.

my gsd and staffie sleep in the kitchen...my bullie in his crate.

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1.0 bull terrier
0.1 staffie
0.1 german shep
0.1 african grey

I wish I had a dog I used to sleep with a rat lol, now I just sleep with my kitty

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Crazy ferret lady

dogs in beds! no no no!!!

the only animal i want in my bed is rory! lol

even the new puppy (recent rehome - don't ask, i know.. we are nuts..) is sleeping downstairs... with the other dogs.... he barked all night the first night... hlaf of the night the second night, and quarter the night last night. he will learn, if i give in once i might as well give in for good, but imho, dogs do not sleep on the bed with me. as their "female pack leader" i out rank them socially, and me sleeping "above" them just re-inforces that really.

with 5 dogs here now, two of them big ones, its very important to define boundaries as to who is the boss, else all hell would break loose!

even when rory was ill, and confined to bed, i would bring the dogs up to see him, but they were not allowed on the bed to do so.

N

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An interesting one this, lol.

Before Nerys, and living by myself going through the divorce.

When l first got this house, it was late winter 2006/2007.

This house had been dormant for quite some time, and has damp and is so freaking cold it is unbelievable.

Dora and Lucy my two at the time indoor dogs [now of course we have Bear [puppy] here].

But Dora and Lucy were sharing my single bed at the time, and that was ideal, for they were added blankets, but an abso nightmare because of Doras sheer volume of size alone.

Dora is a wolfhound cross bull headed lab, so she is a big dog. Six foot of fur. My single bed was only 6'6", but in addition to that Dora never slept straight out but at the angle. Then we consider Lucy, who is half the size of Dora but used to sleep curled up just below me.

I would go to bed straight and head on the pillow and warm, during the night l would be hot and sweat and have arguments as to where a human should be sleeping and where two dogs should be sleeping, and then wake up cranky, cold and my 5'9" frame on the pillow!!!

I used to sleep many years ago with four dogs on the double bed, an old English Sheepdog, a lab, a springer and a springer cross, plus five cats!!

No, l love my dogs, but no way would l want all the dogs and the three cats on the bed now, lol.

R

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My dogs sleep in the bed with us. although one has no hair so it is understandable.

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DAVE INNIT!

i love my dogs to bits, but i am in agreement with Nerys with 5 dogs myself, all rescues some who had either dominant related behavioural issues or severe seperation anxiety usually due to having no rules or boundries or anything for that matter... i need to have clear rules and boundries in place i have to lead by example, pack leaders sleep on the highest spot for me thats upstairs (and thats just for starters), i spend far to much time rehabilitating them to undo all my work...but i did have them upstairs for new years morning they see it as a great treat but its not the normal. like i said thats just me and mine.

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Blaze sleeps on the bed occasionally, most nights he sleeps on the floor next to the bed. I wouldn't dream of leaving him downstairs, he'd be constantly harassed by the skunks in the night as they aren't caged or locked in a separate room at all.
We also have no issues with dominance or anything like that, Blaze is well trained, does what he is told, and he knows who the boss is.

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