Dogs sleeping in your bed

[NCTexan]

As evidenced by the numerous dog threads, pictures and memorial tributes... we have a lot of dog lovers on this forum.

However I'm sure that there are a number of members who are not.

My most recent dogs have been whippets. They are strong willed and won't be denied when it comes to burrowing under the covers of our bed. I've given in and my two girls are my ever present foot warmers at night.

I know some think that it's weird or even "nasty" to have a dog sleep in your bed.

What say you?

 

[427mach1]

I think it is unsanitary for one. Dogs don't wear pants and they don't wipe after doing their business. You probably are sleeping in doggy fecal matter without knowing it.

 

[Gdbrz]

Not at all, two dogs in bed with my wife and i every night. Another on the floor.

 

[6518John]

NCTEXAN--The only thing you are doing wrong is you need three of those babies!

The official commentary included in the CD set Celebrate: The Three Dog Night Story, 1964–1975 states that vocalist Danny Hutton's then-girlfriend June Fairchild suggested the name after reading a magazine article about indigenous Australians, in which it was explained that on cold nights they would customarily sleep in a hole in the ground whilst embracing a dingo, a native species of wild dog. On colder nights they would sleep with two dogs and if the night was freezing, it was a "three dog night".

 

[M29since14]

It's no one's business but yours. I never encouraged it when I had dogs. None of mine ever wanted to. I don't think a thing either way when people tell me their dog does it. I say better a dog than a cat! (allergic to cats, but like 'em anyway )

 

[Texas40]

sometimes on ours
sometimes on hers
oh sooo true.
We have three of these so a three dog bed is a little crowded with me and wife in it as well.

 

[Marshwheeling]

Last night we had five dogs in bed, but three of them were little.

 

[6518John]

Last night we had five dogs in bed, but three of them were little.

It would be a good research project for a grad student in statistics to plot the number of dogs in bed with the region of the country in winter and a average low temp. See in Minnesota you have 5 dogs. In south Texas one or two.

 

[UncleEd]

I sleep in my dog's bed.

 

[Qball]

When i was a kid we had a Newfondland, she would love to curl up behind me in bed.

And then try to push me down
God i miss her

Now we have a Chihuahua, he loves to lay on my pillow
often i wake up "down wind"
that's nasty

 

[Donn]

Haven't had a dog for several years. When I did, she slept at the foot of either mine or my daughter's bed. The cat does that now.

 

[S&W Fan]

Life long dog lover but they've always slept on their own beds, never mine. I will often end up with my Lab/Rotty mix (75lbs) sleeping on my feet when I'm sitting on the couch reading or watching a movie.

 

[kozmic]

After he's out of his crate in the morning, Jed the pound hound has made our bed his favorite place to cat nap. Boo will also join us on those lazy weekend mornings. The cat is a regular too.

As it turns out there's usually 4 feet between my wife and I in bed whether a dog is there or not!

 

[pawngal]

My dog has her own full size people bed. Gets pissed when grandkids come and she has to give up "her" bed.

She never sleeps with me and seems she doesn't think any body else should either. (insert cold nose on your bare backside)

 

[Krell1]

I have a Yorkie (5 lbs) who has slept with me since she was a puppy. Now, ten years later, I'd miss not having her in bed. She paws me so I'll lift the blanket so she can get under the covers and generally pushes herself next to me all night. If I try to move away she moves as well. The only thing I don't like is when I try to sleep late. She decides it's time for me to get up and, quite often, will bring me one of her toys she thinks I want.

Dogs are the best!!!!!!!

 

[BearBio]

Sometimes, they let us sleep with them in THEIR beds! Come bed-time, they come in and paw me to tell me it's time. Then paw the covers to get under.

They've got us well-trained!

 

[tops]

I have always lived in a rural area and we had dogs and livestock but I have never been so poor that I had to share my living quarters with animals. We had separate houses for the hogs, dogs and cows. Before I was married if I found that a girl had any kind of animal in the house I left her where I found her. Larry

 

[ralph7]

I think it is unsanitary for one. Dogs don't wear pants and they don't wipe after doing their business. You probably are sleeping in doggy fecal matter without knowing it.

You forget dogs lick their butts afterwards.
That may not win them any awards for fresh breath, but their butts may just be cleaner than ours.

 

[reddogge]

I never let my lab sleep with us. He was too big and when he slept he stretched out his legs straight out.

I did it one time on a duck hunting trip in a motel. It was hell. After that I took his bed and he slept on the floor.

 

[Arik]

Mine does. He's half rat terrier and half whippet or Italian greyhound, similar dogs. Anyway he's not fond of the cold or the rain. When I walk him in those conditions he either has a rain coat or a sweater. If I don't do this it turns into a circus. He want to go so we go but when we get outside he realizes it's raining or too cold so now he wants no part of it. If I come back in he starts asking to go within a min. When we get outside he remembers why he ran back in and the process starts all over again. It's just easier with the sweater/raincoat At night he climbs into my bed under the covers. Doesn't bother me.

As far as sanitary goes I wipe his feet and butt after coming inside from a walk. Not because I'm trying to pamper him or anything but he did just poop and walk barefoot on the dirt and grass and I don't want him tracking it through the whole house. This is also the time I check him for ticks. The other thing is ...and I think this is strictly his personality. ..is that he does not and never has laid on the bare floor. I have those doggy beds in two rooms that he'll lay on, or on the couch. I once tried to see if he would lay on the floor. Since he follows me around I went upstairs and closed all the bedroom doors and just stood there watching him. After a while you could see he wanted to lay down but couldn't. He went over to all the doors to see if he could open them. It took a good half hour of him standing there in one place to finally try to lay down on the bare floor. And when he did it looked funny and painful at the same time. He had this look... like the floor was completely covered in cootties and he had found a small spot to carefully squeeze into in a very awkward position. Felt bad for him. I think it's because he has short fur and kinda bony and it's just uncomfortable for him like us putting our elbows or knees on bare floors.

Everyone has different outlook on animals but I don't consider dogs to be inferior to humans. Different but not inferior. Both are pack oriented both social with one another and both benefit from each other. In most cases I prefer dogs over people. Never let you down, always there for you, protect your property and your life and are happy to always be in your company regardless of your sex, race, religion, income, or politics. The one joke I always liked went something like this. Lock your wife and your dog in the truck of your car for a day. When you open it see who's happy to see you! [emoji2]