My 2 year old toy poodle has become a nightmare through the night. He sleeps in his crate in the kitchen but it’s gone pear shaped recently. It did happen before but he settled back when he was younger.
I really am not keen in him being upstairs
I really struggle sleeping and my DH would rather be stayed downstairs. Doggie loves to snuggle and I know he would adore being in the bed. If we did put a dog bed in the bedroom he wouldn’t use it but would be straight on the bed.
Just want him to not bark keeping the house hold awake in the early hours.
Have any of your doggies migrated upstairs despite your best intentions and how has it worked for you?
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Pros and cons of dog in your bedroom at night
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fikel · 10/09/2018 13:03
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adaline ·
10/09/2018 13:27
Ours is always in the bed at night and has been since we got him at 12 weeks.
Pros - he sleeps through the night, keeps my feet warm and I get woken up with snuggles every morning. As a young pup, we also knew when he needed the toilet so we never had night-time accidents.
Cons - he snores, farts and steals the covers 
BigusBumus ·
10/09/2018 13:45
My 10 year old Jack Russell has been in our bed ever since being terrified by fireworks next door as a pup. I held her till she stopped shaking and thought, Oh well, just this once. And she's never left. She barks and barks if we try and shut her downstairs. She sleeps at the end by my feet all night till about 5am and then gets cold and gets in with me and kind of spoons with me. Weird I know! She doesn't go on my husbands side at all.
Our other Jack Russell sleeps with one teenage son and the black lab sleeps with the other son.
The only cons is the hair on your sheets, and the dog-dreaming with waggling feet and mini-woofs several times a night.
Ginorchoc ·
10/09/2018 14:08
probably she has acquired a few things for herself in there. It’s like a little bedsit.
Vallahalagonebutnotforgotten ·
10/09/2018 19:15
6 dogs no way would I have them upstairs
Less housework if I keep them downstairs, less dog hairs upstairs, less bits of common left on the stairs. I do not want wet dogs sneaking upstairs and lying on my beautiful luxurious bed. Also it is safe to keep chocolate upstairs as they can not get it and I just have to eat it in bed
DCs know to put toys away downstairs away from the dogs but upstairs it is safe to leave things out.
I do not want dogs rummaging through the bathroom bins.
They snore and sleep bark and sleep run, I don't want to be kicked by then in the night, they get too hot and start panting, I hate being licked by dogs and especially on my face in bed.
Nope cuddles in the evening on the sofa then off to the dog room and me to my beautiful luxurious bedroom - I might let the DH in ......
Yokohamajojo ·
11/09/2018 13:13
Same scenario as yours OP, our almost 2 YO was very happy in his crate downstairs until he wasn't and now after holiday we haven't had the heart to put him downstairs again so he is supposed to sleep on his bed on our bedroom floor
It's actually ok having him in the bed and he is bigger than yours. He doesn't snore or move around much but lies between our legs. Downside would be if he takes too much duvet as he is rather difficult to move when asleep. We are in the process of getting a lovely new bed for him but I don't hold out much hope that it will be used.
isupposeitsverynice ·
11/09/2018 13:23
the only major upset i’ve had was lying in bed tickling the dog’s face and finding a tick. i wanted to go to sleep, not get up and hunt down the tick remover! i find my dog comes and goes through the night. he’ll lie with me while i read, and when i turn the light off to sleep he goes downstairs, i assume to make sure everything is safe and secure. once i’m asleep he comes back to snuggle (i can tell by the hair and other assorted muck he leaves behind!) and then i think he goes back downstairs at first light to keep an eye on the chickens as they get up for the day, as he is rarely there when i wake up. he is a long haired gsd so gets very hot on the bed, not that that seems to stops him 
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FoxesAreFabulous ·
12/09/2018 15:31
Our mini poodle boy started off in a pen in my room, as he cried if left in the sitting room. All was well until he reached 7/8 months and started waking me up in the night, asking to come out. He's small and doesn't shed so I just thought 'sod it, I'd rather have the sleep!'. No man in the house so the only other person in the bed occasionally is teenage DD if she can't sleep!
Pros: as others have said, they're a great hot water bottle and he'd alert me to any untoward noises (although also likes to let me know he's heard a fox - several times over- in the small hours ). He gets up when I get up so a lie-in is possible at the weekend.
Cons: I have woken up to find his furry arse centimetres from my face! And he often stretches out horizontally across the bed at about knee level, necessitating contortions to turn over in bed - for a small dog, he takes up a lot of space!!
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