Comments on: Should you sleep with your pets?

By: Jessica

Jessica — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:40:30 +0000

My cat used to sleep with me, but now she doesn’t. I kind of wish she still did though lol When my boyfriend stays over she just wants to cuddle with us in bed the entire night, but she likes to lay right near our heads so that’s a problem. When my boyfriend isn’t staying the night she doesn’t want to sleep on the bed, so she’s up playing around the apartment. The only problem with that is that I live in a small one bedroom apartment and the bedroom has no door, so when she does something noisy it wakes me up and there’s nothing I can do about it because I have no door to close!

By: Vin

Vin — Mon, 25 May 2009 17:15:00 +0000

My two lhasa sleep with me.. Its more of whether i allow or they make me.. if i dont take them, the elder one makes such a sad face that i give in :(

By: Evelyn

Evelyn — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 04:33:00 +0000

My partner and I used to let our dogs sleep on the floor of our room at night during winter and leave them out during the warmer months. Our excuse was that they would get cold outside in winter. It only ever gets to about -5C on even the coldest nights here… and our dogs were huskies! Excuses excuses, huh?

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 00:50:00 +0000

My mini schnauzer’s favorite spot is in the bed, under the covers, at my feet. If he gets too hot, he curls up around my head on my pillow. He’s such a snuggler!

By: Shirley

Shirley — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 21:19:00 +0000

My 2 dogs and 1 cat sleeps with me.The 3rd dog all 85 lbs of him sleeps on the couch.I live alone and they keep me safe.If they bark at night something is wrong.
As long as they live they will always have a warm bed,with me.

By: Kessie

Kessie — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 20:05:00 +0000

I have a 5-year-old calico cat named Cass who sleeps either on my feet or curled up behind my knees. She is generally well-behaved, but I do keep a water gun on my nightstand to curtail any late-night rambunctiousness.

I keep my house pretty cool at night to save on energy costs, and there’s no better foot warmer than a fuzzy, happy, purring 10-pound kitty.

By: Fruppi

Fruppi — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 20:38:00 +0000

oops :)

I have a friend who got married a couple of years ago and she and her husband rented the basement of her parents’ house. They were worried about crate training their puppy because she didn’t want to interrupt the sleep schedule of anyone in the house due to the puppy’s crying, so they let it sleep in their bed. That seems like a fairly common solution, but she complained constantly that it was interrupting her newlywed sex life! I honestly couldn’t tell you why they didn’t just kick the thing off the bed, but that right there may be a very strong argument for a dog-free bed :)

By: Fruppi

Fruppi — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 20:35:00 +0000

In high school at my parents’ house, I slept with Rosie, the Jack Russell Terrier. My room was the coldest in the house, so she acted as my little heater. She was a little obnoxious about making herself comfortable…and is rather rocket-like when she decides that she needs to be under or on top of the covers, but she was generally a well-behaved heater. The only really negative incident was when she had puppies and her water broke on my comforter…

Now I’m married to a cat guy and he has always let his cats sleep with him, so Delilah shares our bed. She doesn’t get to sleep on my pillow due to allergies, but she usually either curls up between us or next to him. She has been known to curl up right in the middle of my back (I sleep on my stomach) but Husband is very assertive and she’s pretty cool with that.

No one else has mentioned this, but I have a friend from school who le

By: Chelby

Chelby — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 18:52:00 +0000

I have three dogs and a six year old. My oldest dog, Ranger, I have trained him to lay down with my son and when Ranger comes downstaies, we know that my little boy is sound asleep, I personally love sleeping with my dogs, they are part of our family and watch out for us, so we sleep as a pack!

By: Leah

Leah — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 18:37:00 +0000

Letting our puppy sleep in our bed did wonders for house training him. Any time he moved about on the bed I would feel it and wake up, then be able to pick him up and put him in his doggy litter box so he could do his business. We didn’t have one accident.
I love having our dogs sleep in our bed – they’re snugglers and don’t disturb us in the least.