It turns my stomach to see dogs on beds in advertisements, films etc...

[duchesse]

And I'm actually a dog owner!

I just can't help thinking about the fur, the dirty paws, the worms, fleas and ticks, the things they lick, the way they lick their genitals and anus, even their disgusting flipping food. Even clean dogs are filthy compared to my bed. There is no way in god's earth that my dogs are ever even coming upstairs, let alone sleeping in/on my bed!

Why are dogs on beds sold as an attractive lifestyle notion?

Cats on worktops shock [shock}

hahaha, unless you lock them out, you can't stop them. Our kitchen doesn't have a door, it just opens off the corridor and no matterhohew many times you move them/chuck them off/tell them off, they go back. Whenever I walk into the kitchen, I hear the telltale "thump" of the cats jumping onto the floor!

I've never had a cat that was allowed on the worktops, and never had a problem keeping them off. Odd your experience is so different.

Yadnbu

I would never let a dog on my bed, or my sofas.

Even the cleanest dogs still smell doggy - the thought of the dog jumping off the sofa and then me sitting on it in a work outfit for instance - ugh.

My mum lets her dogs go anywhere and I just think it's horrible tbh.

Also have a cat who doesn't go on the work tops. Every so often she'll try her luck and get pushed straight down. It's certainly not a problem or frequently though!

YANBU

It's grim, our dog isn't even allowed upstairs let alone on anyone's bed. No sofas either.

Total favouritism in this house. Bigger dog stays downstairs, but he does sneakily kip on the sofa.

Little dog sleeps upstairs in someone's bed all night. It varies - mostly she sleeps tucked in behind my legs, sometimes in DS's bed. We also let the dogs lick the plates when we have finished eating

My lab is allowed upstairs as she likes being wherever we are. She is not allowed on the beds but my eldest DD sneaks her onto her bed so I often find her curled up there.

She also likes my beautiful chaise longue in the sunroom as it is an excellent place to watch over the garden for rogue rabbits too bark at. I have given up trying to keep her off it and now just cover it with a blanket to keep it clean.

I am on holiday right now and am missing her and her snuggly stinky hugs.