Where does your dog sleep at night?
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Very much a personal choice I think.
Our whippet has always slept in his own bed in our room, he sleeps peacefully and I find it comforting when hubby is away to know he's nearby.
As a side I do like the fact that if he should be ill during the night or something distresses him that I will know about it rather than come down in the morning to find he's been sick/ diar etc. As a whippet he'd get cold in the kitchen!
Some people think it's wrong due to hygiene etc, I have a clean house and really do not believe my hygiene levels are compromised to any degree of concern just because our dog is allowed in the bedroom.
Our whippet has always slept in his own bed in our room, he sleeps peacefully and I find it comforting when hubby is away to know he's nearby.
As a side I do like the fact that if he should be ill during the night or something distresses him that I will know about it rather than come down in the morning to find he's been sick/ diar etc. As a whippet he'd get cold in the kitchen!
Some people think it's wrong due to hygiene etc, I have a clean house and really do not believe my hygiene levels are compromised to any degree of concern just because our dog is allowed in the bedroom.
We've had dogs that have slept in our room, our Newfie slept in the kitchen as he didn't like being on carpet as he got too warm and much preferred the tiled floor in the kitchen.
I suppose it depends if in those private moments you may find a pair of eyes and a cold nose off putting.
I suppose it depends if in those private moments you may find a pair of eyes and a cold nose off putting.
My boy sleeps on his bed at the foot of our bed.
Can be "interesting" when he's dreaming (chasing things, I imagine) and making noises in his sleep in the middle the night!
Can be "interesting" when he's dreaming (chasing things, I imagine) and making noises in his sleep in the middle the night!
grass widow said:
I suppose it depends if in those private moments you may find a pair of eyes and a cold nose off putting.
lol, he gets up and goes downstairs Ozzy has a crate downstairs, covered with a fleece throw to make it den like.
his routine though is:
- I wake him up when we are going to bed
- take him outside to wee
- go back in and he runs upstairs and jumps into bed with the missus
- has 15 min on the bed with us
- Carry him downstairs to his bed
We did talk about letting him sleep with us but decided against it, as it wont be practical when we have children.
his routine though is:
- I wake him up when we are going to bed
- take him outside to wee
- go back in and he runs upstairs and jumps into bed with the missus
- has 15 min on the bed with us
- Carry him downstairs to his bed
We did talk about letting him sleep with us but decided against it, as it wont be practical when we have children.
Our older dog used to sleep in/on the bed, which I liked, but OH wasn't so keen on.
Now, the pup is old enough to sleep in her own "big girl" bed next to our older dog, so they sleep in their beds in our bedroom (not enough room for them both on our bed!), but both are known to get into our bed at about half 6 in the morning. Don't know why!
Couldn't give two hoots about "hygiene"... it's not like they lick us; they sleep at the bottom of the bed if they're in our bed, and, well, they'd be too cold anywhere else!
Now, the pup is old enough to sleep in her own "big girl" bed next to our older dog, so they sleep in their beds in our bedroom (not enough room for them both on our bed!), but both are known to get into our bed at about half 6 in the morning. Don't know why!
Couldn't give two hoots about "hygiene"... it's not like they lick us; they sleep at the bottom of the bed if they're in our bed, and, well, they'd be too cold anywhere else!
When I've worked with guide dogs we have to train them to sleep in a dog crate, and eventually just leave the door open and I found that the pups still took themselves off to thier crate as they see it as thier sleep space regardless of the door being open, when older they are allowed to sleep downstairs, Guide Dogs are quite strict that the dogs should not be allowed upstairs! of course they are also trained not to go in the furniture, but there was always a suspicious warm spot on the sofa when you got up! and a few bits of fluff!! 
My oldest dog used to sleep in the kitchen but after a year or so our cat got into the habbit of waking up at between 4-5am and disturbing the dog. Cat meeeooowwww + Dog barking not a good wake up call.
Tried putting the cat out at night but with the same result as she just did it but at the back door. Got fed up with it dog now comes to bed with us and is good as gold. Normally ends up asleep wrapped around my head on the pillow.
My Puppy is also upstairs with us sleeps all night without any mess.
Tried putting the cat out at night but with the same result as she just did it but at the back door. Got fed up with it dog now comes to bed with us and is good as gold. Normally ends up asleep wrapped around my head on the pillow.
My Puppy is also upstairs with us sleeps all night without any mess.
When our millie was a pup she slept in the kitchen with the door closed,now at 4yrs she's allowed to sleep on the settee in the sitting room.
The kitchen is always open for her to have a drink .
Sometimes she sleeps on her bed which is good in a way,in case we go away with her ,but the only time she's allowed in the bedroom is during the day when we're not there,and she can see us comming down the hill.
The kitchen is always open for her to have a drink .
Sometimes she sleeps on her bed which is good in a way,in case we go away with her ,but the only time she's allowed in the bedroom is during the day when we're not there,and she can see us comming down the hill.
My dog slept in the kitchen until he was housetrained. Then he was allowed to sleep in the bedroom.
He has his own bed at the foot of ours. He used to be allowed on the bed with me when i was single, but hubby dosent allow this. fair enough.
Its lovely and comforting to hear him sleeping - even the snores and dream barks etc.
I now have a newborn baby who also sleeps in a moses basket at the foot of our bed too. The dog rolls his eyes at me (seriously) when the baby cries at night for his feed. the dog just gives me the 'WTF is this noise at this time of night, can't you see i'm sleeping?' - hes an old dog now, bless!
He has his own bed at the foot of ours. He used to be allowed on the bed with me when i was single, but hubby dosent allow this. fair enough.
Its lovely and comforting to hear him sleeping - even the snores and dream barks etc.
I now have a newborn baby who also sleeps in a moses basket at the foot of our bed too. The dog rolls his eyes at me (seriously) when the baby cries at night for his feed. the dog just gives me the 'WTF is this noise at this time of night, can't you see i'm sleeping?' - hes an old dog now, bless!
Our Meg sleeps partly in her own bed (in our room) and partly in our bed.
She growls at us through the night if we move and touch her feet.
Our bed stinks of dog and I often find part chewed stuff buried in the duvet.
There are furry toys all over the place ... trip hazards.
She'll bark to get out in the early hours.
I wouldn't have it any other way.
Cheers,
Eric
She growls at us through the night if we move and touch her feet.
Our bed stinks of dog and I often find part chewed stuff buried in the duvet.
There are furry toys all over the place ... trip hazards.
She'll bark to get out in the early hours.
I wouldn't have it any other way.
Cheers,
Eric
PugwasHDJ80 said:
Have always kept the dog in the kitchen at night, but i know he would really like to sleep upstairs with us, so is there any reason NOT to let him sleep upstairs in our room?
Because he's a dog, and dogs have to sleep in the kitchen. Our Cavalier Knows that he is not allowed up the stairs during the day. How else will he know he's the bottom of the pack ? New POD said:
PugwasHDJ80 said:
Have always kept the dog in the kitchen at night, but i know he would really like to sleep upstairs with us, so is there any reason NOT to let him sleep upstairs in our room?
Because he's a dog, and dogs have to sleep in the kitchen. Our Cavalier Knows that he is not allowed up the stairs during the day. How else will he know he's the bottom of the pack ? 
Mine sleeps in the kitchen except for when I've been out in the evening and I let him stay on the landing. He tries every night to come through the kitchen door with me but I won't have it!
My house is old and pretty cold so on nights when the temp's lower than maybe 3C I set up a small fan heater on a timer socket so that it comes on three times for 15 minutes. It seems to do the trick nicely.
My house is old and pretty cold so on nights when the temp's lower than maybe 3C I set up a small fan heater on a timer socket so that it comes on three times for 15 minutes. It seems to do the trick nicely.
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