I had a pet dog who had to sleep in bed with me. Problem is he’d spread out and dig his claws into my back. There was a period of time when I had two twin beds in my room, and I’d move to the other when he’d start monopolizing the bed. He’d wake up, realize I was gone, and move to the bed I was in.
Of my three guide dogs, my first would hop up on the bed for about 10 minutes and then get off. My guess at the time is she got hot, but she showed similar behavior elsewhere, wanting to check up on me and then leave. My second was a velcro dog. She slept at the end of my bed, and would even hop on the bed if I so much as sat on it to tie my shoes. My current dog has a small social battery that he drains by seeking occasional cuddles and scritches, but never more than a minute or two, then he’s off hiding again. The only time he’s on the bed is when there are fireworks going off outside, when he’s trying his hardest to get under my skin.
We had a pet cat once. Never would sleep with anyone, at least not me, but one night I woke up to him sucking on my arm.
Dogs are great but dogs are also disgusting.
Nobody who rolls in shit is allowed on the furniture.
Yes. Pets’ worlds are typically extremely small. They only experience what you allow them to. For an indoor cat, that’s basically just the inside of your house, and whatever they can see outside the windows. Dogs are only marginally better, because they get walks and time outside. Why would I essentially restrict them to the inside of my house, and then restrict them even further by disallowing them from sleeping where they want?
My cat is sleeping on my knees as I type this in bed. The dogs can also sleep wherever they want; one prefers his crate (the door stays open so he can come and go) and the other usually prefers the couch or his bed. They’ll sometimes curl up on the bed, but it’s usually during the day when my partner and I aren’t already there.
I would die for this dog, of course he can be on my bed.
My cat let’s me into the bed sometimes.
Surely you meant sometime’s
4 dogs here. 2 little ones and 2 big ones. The biggest sleeps between my wife and I, sometimes even sleeps sideways, taking up most of the bed. The second biggest usually sleeps in the floor. The second smallest usually sleeps next to my legs on the outside of the bed. The smallest sleeps between our pillows.
It’s not uncommon for me to struggle to turn over in the middle of the night because I’m sandwiched into the bed.
Oh, and we had a cat that would jump from my wife to me and back again in the middle of the night. Nothing quite like having a 20 pound cat drop onto you I’m the middle of a dead sleep.
They’re cats. How would you stop them?
I do it by shutting the door and being consistent.
Cat: absolutely. Dog: no, dogs stink and roll in poo and other smelly things.
I miss my kitty sleeping on my head.
It isn’t a good night’s rest without a fluffy 90 lb old English sheepdog in the middle of the bed - all 4 paws in the air and snoring.
My cat could sleep on my fucking face and I would have no right to move her
Our cats are allowed anywhere we allow humans to put their butts. The floor, the bed, the couch, chairs, etc. Tables, counters, and the like are off limits.
We would sleep with the cat at night but at night she’s a running nightmare.
Napping during the day? She’s allowed in the bedroom then and is all snuggles and purrs. If I don’t nap, the bedroom is still open then and she’ll sleep in the bed sometimes!
Heck yeah. I have a Pomeranian so I don’t think it would be possible to kick him out of the bed even if I wanted to.
Cat yes, dog no. Dogs seem more comfortable with rules, and I don’t like them in the bed. So I train them not to and we are both ok with that.
Cats I can’t control, but they tuck in easily and don’t take up much space, they are kinda relaxing to have in the bed.
Same rules for the couch. So relaxing to have a cat next to me, purring. Dog at feet, or sometimes we get a chair for them, so they can sit up high like us.
My dog sleeps right in between me and my wife. She likes to be the big spoon and the little spoon.
My cats used to sleep on the bed. But one of them has a tendency to go into the hallway and meow loudly at nothing. So, since we had a kid they had to stay downstairs in the living room. I will occasionally “forget” to close the door downstairs though 😄
