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172023 tn?1334672284

Poll: Do your dogs sleep with you?

Just curious.

Our 2 Dobes and Great Dane sleep with us.  Our king size bed is NOT big enough.
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422104 tn?1209763904
Great post!  When I was married and had Jake a beautiful black lab he was not allowed in the bedroom period.  Now I'm divorced and have the sweetest little Beagle named Casey.  I swore I would never let him sleep with me but that didn't last long!  He loves sleeping under the covers and HAS to sleep right up against me, some mornings I wake up and he is laying with his head on the other pillow and his body stretched out just like a person.  Too funny!   It's a king size bed and I'm still "cramped"!   Wouldn't have it any other way!
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148691 tn?1260194903
HAHAHAHA i know!!! as soon as we say the magic words "let's go upstairs... go lay down" every body runs and there is me waddling up the stairs..., there's dog trying to get ahead of me (or if she is sleepy...she just follows the herd) and there's kitty meowing and carrying her favorite toy in the mouth (a froggie) up the stairs.... and there's dh turning off all the lights after us....
And yes! i wake up with a paw in the face... or a wet nose against my foot... or if im cold, i tuck my feet under Maggie and she doesn't care.... hehehe (or licks me... yuck!)

I know what you say about the animal people... i was raised with animals! i had them ever since i can remember! and love them! besides Maggie and Sebastian, we have 2 ferrets.. they are so cute! they play so funny... sometimes we throw everybody in the living room and have a massive match (play) and dh and i end up rolling from laughing so hard at all these clowns! =))
Then you have the not-so pleasant moments like yesterday, i cought Maggie sniffing upon the kitchen counter.... ARRRGHHH!! and i screamed so hard she went to hide to her corner... i reached for her collar and she opened her mouth and turned, my hand got cought there and i got a nice scratch!!!! she didn't mean to hurt me, im sure, but boy! did it hurt! (of course, as a pregnant woman, i ended up crying..... lol)

oh lawdy....

tho, we have more fun than not.....!!! that's for sure!
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268698 tn?1222553884
We have queen size bed and my dog sleeps with us, my fiancee has her sleep on my side of the bed. I'd throw him off the bed before I throw my dog off the bed
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390388 tn?1279636213
I totally relate to the going to bed part ha ha ha.  My husband turns the tv off and grabs a glass of milk and it sounds like a herd running up the steps to see who can get into bed faster.  And waking in the middle of the night to a kick in the ribs.  ha ha ha.  Wouldn't have it any other way either.  I guess that's how you know your an animal person or not.  
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148691 tn?1260194903
OH YESSS.....

Maggie, my 55 pound (very bad) boxer girl, sleeps with us.... she pushes us away, has her own blanket, and most of the times she gets under the covers (loves it, even in a summer hot night! and needless to say i have to change sheets quite often) and snuggles right against our knees... she loves pillows, but given the neat/clean freak I am, i won't let her.... it stinks like dog!, anyway, we give her baths, she doesn't complain much... she knows every time she comes in after going 'out' she has to step on the special towel to clean her paws..... oh she's more human than many i know! lol
So, yeah, she knows when it's time to go to bed, and we say 'Maggie go upstairs, lay down'... and she's ready... she knows that's when we all go to bed...
Needless to say i get pinned under the covers many times since my very large (and cute) cat sleeps some nights right beside my pillow, so i have Maggie between hubby and i and kitty beside me (plus he's fat) and a large baby in my belly.....

Some nights i roll over (try to anyway, belly is too heavy now) and i find a furry paw stock in my eye.... or stretch my hand under the covers and poke an ear.....or without luck... a butt..... +P

It gets quite uncomfy some times, but i'd certainly WOULDN'T be able sleep without ANY of them with me.... (yeah, including hubby.... hehehe).
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390388 tn?1279636213
Yes they all sleep with us in a (small ha ha) King size bed.  We now only have 3 dogs which are a 50# Border Collie-16 yrs old, a 68# Rotty/Terrier mix-10 yrs old, and 143# Great Dane that is 18 months old.  I have posted some pictures of themif aanyone cares to look.  
We also have a twin size bed on the floor upstairs in the bedroom in case one of them decide on the floor so they won't get stiff.
In the living room downstairs we have 2 beds on the floor so that we might ha ha get to relax on the coach together without being squeezed out by our furry kids.  
They bring so much joy in our lives and keep us happy and active.  
Without them; well I just can't imagine living without any animals.  There our kids.  Just wish they lived longer.  If one of our baby's get sick, we treat them the same money wise as we would ourselfs, or a loved one.  You just do whatever it takes.  If you have an animal, why shouldn't they get the same care as us?  They are family too.  Which I'm sure everyone feels the same.  
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i have a pom(6lbs), peekapom(16LBS) and a Lab(35 LBS) that sleep in our king size at night, the lab is only 5 months, so i m sure he was be doubble or tripple that size, soon, but my husband goes out of town weeks at a time, and we live out in the middle of no where so i wouldnt like it if they didnt sleep with us
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403311 tn?1205951286
Yes my 110lbs lab sleeps with me and my husband, we have queen size bed, and it is a lttle snug, but we would not have any way, Abbey, does not like sleeping alone, especially now we lost our 12 year old pitbull.
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222135 tn?1236488221
My Irish Setters have always slept with us. If we get another, my hubby will have to move to the couch,  lol! Sometimes we get pushed nearly off the bed during the night, but I wouldn't be able to sleep without then there.

Penn

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158939 tn?1274915197
Didn't before my (former) dachshund got sick with diabetes.  Then *all* of them got to hang out in mommy's room.  Now every one of them sleeps on the bed and will sit and cry if they aren't on the bed with me.  It's a queen size bed and there isn't much room even with two dachshunds and a beagle.  Funny thing is the 6lb dachshund puppy takes up the most room.  :-)
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112359 tn?1226867083
Our hound likes our bed, especially during the day, but she usually disappears and goes to the spare room bed once my hubby and I are both in it (but she stays if it's just one of us). Our Lab hardly ever is on a people bed, but we put a loveseat at the foot of our bed and he is almost always on there at night. He likes his dog bed too.

Here's an idea for those of you who want to get the dogs out of your bed, especially if they like to snuggle with the blanket. My hubby had a Dalmatian when we met & she slept with him under the covers. She would "nest"- scratch the covers around until it was just right. She ruined blankets & sheets over time, and once I was around she often ended up with her rear end on my pillow which I didn't care for. I put a stop to it as soon as I could, being the mean step-momma that I am (wink!). I bought her a nice heavy duty horse blanket that she couldn't tear up, snipped off all the straps and buckles, and tucked her in on her dog bed. It only took a few weeks of that and she never tried to get in our bed again, she only wanted HER bed and HER blanket. If we weren't around to do it or she got up in the night, she would nose that blanket and flip it over herself to tuck herself back in. Didn't matter if it was hot and humid... she loved it.
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274158 tn?1276347187
I used to let my 3 sleep with us. But, with the combo of me waking up with back pain and all of the sudden they think they are the pack leaders, that has since stopped. They sleep on the floor like dogs should (at least mine!) My boys got into a fight becasue they  were confused who the leader was, so we re-training them so they know we are the leaders!!! Not the dogs! But if I had my way and was single, I would probably have them under the covers with me!!
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290018 tn?1240365868
our dog is allowed to sleep anywhere he wants except our bed or my sons.  He knows it too....doesnt even try anymore
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Our dog sleeps on our bed all day, at night he will lay for a few minutes with is then he goes on the floor to his own bed. He likes his bed and it is right up against ours!
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377306 tn?1203434503
But I will admit that I have several times pulled our little Chihuahua in bed with us.  When it gets real cold, he likes to crawl under the covers.  But we are afraid that we will roll over in the middle of the night and crush him, he's so little.  Years ago we had a cockapoo that we used to let sleep with us.  He just laid on my feet all night.  Now that spot is taken by one of our cats.  

It seems the only time the cats can get any attention is when the dogs are in their crates.  They don't think that is fair, since there were here first......... ;^)
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I have 2 small pug/beagle mixes- one is 8lbs and one is about 14lbs- we have a queen size bed and have recently had to have them stop sleeping in with us because of lack of room! How do you do it with those 3 huge dogs?!! We allow ours in with us on the weekend because we can sleep in a little- both crawl up between us and lay sideways taking up as much room as they can! but during the week they go in their crate.
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82861 tn?1333453911
There was a time that my husband adamantly refused to allow dogs on the bed.  That changed when we adopted Maggie.  Hubby is so in love with this dog that it took only one night of her crying in the crate before he gave up and brought her in with us.  On cold nights she gets right between us on the pillows, and I usually end up with my face rammed into her backside the rest of the night.  Oh well, her coat is so soft she feels like a plush baby toy, and luckily she doesn't suffer from gas!  :-)
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377306 tn?1203434503
Nope.  But, we do let them on the bed during the day, especially our small dogs.  But the bed is for us at night.  All three we have sleep in their own crate seperately.
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