Do ypu let your dog(s) sleep on your bed?

[axure]

I only allow it on a Friday as I change the bedding on Saturday. No wonder my dogs are confused.

[teanosugar]

No, cos they're too big, but the first person up sends them in to jump about on top of the one still in bed!

The cat, on the otherhand, snuggles down under the duvet and is quite happy to stay there all night.

[FruitShootsAndHeaves]

No. None of our animals sleep on our bed

except if we're in the caravan, then there's barely room for us

[D0oinMeCleanin]

I don't let them, per say....

[MothershipG]

My Affenpinschers sleep with DH and I, they are small non-stinky dogs, if I had bigger or smellier ones I wouldn't. It's like having snuggly hot water bottles that never get cold.

[IreadthereforeIam]

Never! But I have to admit that dh has more to do with that than me! It's unhealthy (apparently). Although when we go away in our campervan, we usually wake up to find the dog somewhere in the bed. We've just got a new puppy - our camper bed could become rather crowded!!

[LtEveDallas]

No, never, she's not allowed on the bed, she knows it's forbidden...





But I wake up every morning with a dog on my feet...

[CakeMeIAmYours]

He'll cuddle up to us on the bed while we chat/read, but when we turn the lights off to go to sleep, he'll usually hop off the end and sleep on the floor.

In true teenager fashion though, we have to pretty much drag him out of his slumber in the mornings.

[axure]

I agree it's like a snuggly hot water bottle. I've got 2 staffies, the girl likes to sneak under the covers by our feet, the boy lies in between me and DH, snorting and snoring all night, the dog's not a quiet sleeper either :0

[violetwellies]

In our bed is usually one small dog, one small child and two adults teetering on the edge. How can one terrier take up so much ?

[violetwellies]

Much room

[nooka]

Our dog often sleeps on our bed during the day, but he has his own room for the night. At the weekends dh usually gets up before me and when he lets the dog out he'll usually join me for an hour or two. If I am away dh opens the door between our room and the dog's at night, but he usually chooses to stay on his beanbag.

[ScruffyTerrier]

I like the idea of letting her sleep on the bed but she growls if anyone moves in the night and keeps me awake so no go. She usually spends the night in her basket at the side of our bed (very loyal) but if I forget to tuck her into her blanket it's unusually cold she'll go and sleep in on DD's bed .

[toboldlygo]

No, they're too big, shed too heavily and one has a bladder condition that means he very occasionally drips wee.

However at rallies where I'm camping alone they come in the tent with me and we share a double airbed and sleeping bags.

[HeidiHole]

well I wouldn't say we let them, but they're up there an awful lot anyway with us..

my DH is a total softie with them, i'd throw them off but theyre his babies...

I hate having no duvet and no room because they've got it all!!

[toomuchmonthatendofthemoney]

No, not allowed Upstairs. He wasnt allowed upstairs in his former home so we decided to keep the same rule when he came to us to save confusion.

Quite glad really, He's a black lab and we have cream carpets and bedding. It's bad enough trying to keep the hair at bay downstairs without it taking root upstairs too!

[MissBeehivingUnderTheMistletoe]

God no, he snorts and snuffles in his sleep but then so does DH

[feesh]

No, we don't even let ours upstairs and DH refuses to have sex with a dog watching

[AllOverIt]

Nope. She's not even allowed upstairs... She has plenty of room downstairs, and the kids' toys are safe from her incessant chewing! The cat does, but we shut her out at night.

[Scuttlebutter]

Ours often come on the bed during the day for a snooze. At night, one will often hop on for a cuddle while DH is reading, then hops off to return to his lair. One sleeps permanently at the bottom of the bed, snoring gently with her legs in the air. In the morning, we often end up with various hounds hopping on for a cuddle while we drink our coffee. We also have a little routine with my yoghurt. Lid is peeled, given to hound to lick. I eat yogurt slowly, pot is given to hound to lick. Much ecstatic licking, slurping, nibbling. Hound then relaxes into mistress, farts contentedly and waves paw at me (signal for demanding cuddle). When DH is away, I will often wake up to find a hound has hopped onto bed - is nice.

Only drawback was leaving tripe under the pillow. Won't forget that in a hurry.

[feesh]

People who have them in your bed, what do you do about s-e-x???!!!!

My husband won't even contemplate it "with the bloody dog watching"!

I don't think I could cope either to be honest, we only have to cuddle for our dog to want to get involved.

[signet2012]

My dog tends to sleep on the bed for some of the night.... he waits until we are asleep then gently climbs up, freezing completely still if either of us move. I taped him. Its quite hilarious.

Problem is he is soo bloody big and so bloody hairy my bed resembles a kennel. I have a throw on the bottom of the bed so that kind of reduces dog hair.

In regards to the sex thing, we have a very considerate dog who politely excuses himself from the room if things are getting frisky..... he did once bark like mad though at a crucial point and bit my partners bare arse in "protection" of me I assume :)

currently pregnant with first baby so a bit unsure of how we are going to proceed without putting his nose out.

[Scuttlebutter]

Well, it doesn't have to be just at night does it? If sleeping at foot of bed, fine, otherwise evicted and bedroom door shut. Anyway, the dungeon isn't a suitable place for greyhounds..

[exexpat]

Nope. Dog not allowed upstairs - though his hair seems to get up there anyway without him. Lovely as he is, he is too furry and smelly to share a bed with.

My parents' first labrador was a downstairs dog too, but by the time my sister and I had left home and they got their second one, they had softened and she had resident's rights in their bed. They said she was better than a hot water bottle . Which reminds me of this: Shall we stick another dog on the bed?

[axure]

Totally agree with all the cons; teetering on edge of bed, no duvet, smell and dog hair which is why it's a weekly treat for my dogs.As for DH not wanting nookie with dogs watching, a plus I'd say!!!

[signet2012]

I have a sleep app on my phone which tapes any noise made through the night, I used it to try and prove to DP how bad his snoring was. We could clearly hear two people snoring and he was saying I snored just as bad apart from mid way through the night you heard the tell tale pitter patter of the dog deciding to go downstairs and only one person was snoring....

Its no wonder I wake up as tired as when I went to bed!!!!