Dogs sleeping in your bed
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Ya know? I've never gotten a cold or flu or Cooties by letting my lit'l dog sleep with me..She's never kicked me for snoring too loud. She doesn't pull the covers off me.
As far as cleanliness goes, I've known some 2 legged females that smelled worse than her, and her dog breath...Hmmm...I've known one or three 2 legged females that had a bad case of morning dog breath....There hasn't been any folks catching Parvo or anything like that I know of, because the let their dog sleep in the bed with them.
Nah...say what you will, but I sort of believe dogs have been lying down with their master long before beds were invented.
I recon if the good Lord didn't want me to sleep with a dog, he wouldn't have created Dachshunds.
WuzzFuzz
As far as cleanliness goes, I've known some 2 legged females that smelled worse than her, and her dog breath...Hmmm...I've known one or three 2 legged females that had a bad case of morning dog breath....There hasn't been any folks catching Parvo or anything like that I know of, because the let their dog sleep in the bed with them.
Nah...say what you will, but I sort of believe dogs have been lying down with their master long before beds were invented.
I recon if the good Lord didn't want me to sleep with a dog, he wouldn't have created Dachshunds.
WuzzFuzz
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REM 3200
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In our house it's up to the dog, all 85 lbs. of him. 
If he wants to it's OK by us.
If he wants to it's OK by us.
captorquewrench
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There are two kinds of people. Those who let their pets on the furniture and those who are wrong. Mine are pets, not working animals. Porkchop kitty...as all my other cats....have been bed sleepers when they want. The dog sleeps with her girl.
I guess I'm in the wrong camp then...my two labs are both 85+ lbs. and the furniture would be trashed in short order. I spoil them with their own furniture!
shouldazagged
Absent Comrade
After my wife died I lived alone for fifteen years, until Moose, my little rat terrier rescue dog, came to live here almost four years ago, when he was about six. I hadn't had a dog for thirty years at that time--nearly all of it I lived in places where I couldn't--and none I had before then had ever slept with me. They were mostly middle-sized or large critters.
After the Micro-Mastiff had been here about two weeks he figured we knew each other well enough to sleep together, and we have ever since. He burrows under the covers and usually stays there till I've been up half an hour in the morning.
I'd miss him if he weren't there, and make no apologies for that being unsanitary or poor pet discipline. I'm an old man, and he's a warm little presence who helps me sleep.
Flatulence is occasionally a problem, but he doesn't seem to mind it.
After the Micro-Mastiff had been here about two weeks he figured we knew each other well enough to sleep together, and we have ever since. He burrows under the covers and usually stays there till I've been up half an hour in the morning.
I'd miss him if he weren't there, and make no apologies for that being unsanitary or poor pet discipline. I'm an old man, and he's a warm little presence who helps me sleep.
Flatulence is occasionally a problem, but he doesn't seem to mind it.
captorquewrench
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No animal, large or small, that I've ever lived with has ever been as destructive to household items and furnishings as the kids in the house.
Ranger514
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With two Labs raised to believe they're human, we have a king sized bed. Sam, our 90 lb. black Lab, likes my wife's side of the bed when she's away. Gentleman that he is, when she's home, he graciously goes to his doggie bed on the floor next to my side. Our female Lab never gives up the bed. Like my wife, she's a princess 
I never much cared for dogs until I met my wife. She opened my eyes and my heart. I personally find myself suspicious of people who don't share their lives with dogs, cats, and other four-legged friends.
I never much cared for dogs until I met my wife. She opened my eyes and my heart. I personally find myself suspicious of people who don't share their lives with dogs, cats, and other four-legged friends.
kozmic
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Kind of a toss up 'round here cap. My boys and the dogs seem to be in constant competition to see who can trash the joint first. At least the dogs have never had a fender bender in one of our cars!
My ten year old and I have always been dog men. We helped rescue a litter of newborn alley-kittens behind my office--I had been feeding the pregnant momma, but could not catch her for proper vet care she was so wild. Anyway we caught her in a blinding rainstorm as she was in labor behind a commercial cooling tower in an alley. We adopted two of the kittens and got the rest adopted out along with the momma. The kittens changed our lives immeasurably for the better. We love them like family members.
The leather couch just would not last...just how it is. Eighty Five pounds is simply not a lap dog.
My four year old uses the labs as furniture!
If I had a dog, it would only be fair that I let him/her sleep on my bed. As I've been sleeping in the "Dog House" on and off for years
I've had dogs all my life. Some were working dogs. My partner from my Law Enforcement days is buried in my back yard, she lies there with my badge. They all were and are my best friend. They never seem to have a bad day unless they are ill. I swore every time one of them died, I would never have my heart broken again. But then, along comes another, with those big eyes and wagging tail. Most of my dogs have been German Shepherds. Right now I have two, both rescues, Buddy Holly and Suzy Bogguss. Buddy Holly weighed under fifty pounds when the shelter found him. Even though it is a No Kill shelter, he was in such poor condition they considered putting him down. He now weighs one hundred and twenty pounds. On one of our trips back to see them, I meet this kind old lady. Buddy saw her and he pulled me across the room to where she was sitting. She was the lady that sat up with him on the first nights he arrived. She said she felt a special bond with him and she didn't want him to be alone should he die during the night. He lapped her face and I didn't mind, and neither did she. She was amazed at how well he looked and how happy he seemed. I've had him going on three years. I feel every day for him is a gift, and if he wants to sleep on my bed, so be it. There is an old saying "There is only one best dog in the whole world, and every little boy owns him." Sorry to carry on so. I really feel sorry for the poor souls that have never known the true love of a dog. You want a best friend, get a dog!
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During cool weather my two GSDs sleep on the bed. During warm weather they sleep on the bathroom tile floor.
Most nights my girl gets on my side knowing I'll push her over to the other side. The boy stays at the foot of the bed.
Most nights my girl gets on my side knowing I'll push her over to the other side. The boy stays at the foot of the bed.
I absolutely second that....
Between my boy's huge, active self and his obnoxious friends, the whole house is a wreck. Yeah, the animals tear up some stuff, but nothing like that bunch.
Let me use this space to say that two to four animals will be with us at any one time. I was so glad to see our lost/found baby rottie that last night she slept with her head on my arm just like my wife would. We are going to have to get a king size bed when she grows up because our big dogs and cat take up all the room now. The only problem is that I have a skittish lab that crawls on my head when it thunders or there's fireworks (which the fair has been doing all week). I've had to tell my wife, "Uh, Russell's butt is in your face." To make it worse when he's flatulent, it's the paint-peeling variety that makes your eyes sting.
Between my boy's huge, active self and his obnoxious friends, the whole house is a wreck. Yeah, the animals tear up some stuff, but nothing like that bunch.
Let me use this space to say that two to four animals will be with us at any one time. I was so glad to see our lost/found baby rottie that last night she slept with her head on my arm just like my wife would. We are going to have to get a king size bed when she grows up because our big dogs and cat take up all the room now. The only problem is that I have a skittish lab that crawls on my head when it thunders or there's fireworks (which the fair has been doing all week). I've had to tell my wife, "Uh, Russell's butt is in your face." To make it worse when he's flatulent, it's the paint-peeling variety that makes your eyes sting.
Frank46
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Well we have three dogs. All sleep with the wife and I pity the poor fool who walks in her room as they will get about 90 pounds of North American pit bull terrier in their face. Bob the pit bull suffers from separation angsiety (can't spell) when the wife isn't home and if she isn't guess who'll end up in my bed. Sometimes I wonder who adopted who as he came to us via the front door with my brother in law. Got me trained real good when he has to go. Frank
