My doggie had her own bed in the bedroom. She took up too much space and was too hot to share the bed. She also had long white hair that got all over whatever she slept on.
She wasn't allowed up on the furniture, but if I left her alone at home, she'd sneak up on the couch.
Rarely and I do mean rarely have I ever allowed dogs on my bed. They have been trained to sleep on the floor right next to the bed though, if they so choose.
In the case of my last puppy, she never got on my bed. A Rotty so....
First, I never let my dog lie...it's bad to let them get away with such deception.
However, I definitely let my dog lay in our bed and he usually sleeps with my wife and me. He's 18 pounds, a terrier, not very big and also short-haired.
Never. We've had five greyhounds over 20 years, besides the shedding issue, they sometimes exhibit "sleep aggression", if you startle them while they're sleeping, instinct kicks in and they lash out, before they've even woken. I went away one weekend and my wife decided to let one of the dogs sleep with her, and was woken up in the middle of the night with the dog growling and nipping at her head. She learned her lesson. The dogs sleep on their own beds in the bedroom.
We have snuggle time before bed. Bud get up and spends time laying on top of me and time laying on top of my SO getting belly rubs. He's a Dane mix so there isn't enough room for all o us in our tiny bed. He has a bed in our room and when we tell him "go to bed" he goes to his bed, or the couch. Lol
When my SO is out of town, which is often, he sleeps with me.
My dogs are my family, too, but they are not people. They are not allowed on furniture. They always have their own bed. They don't have to sleep there if they so choose, but they are *not* sleeping on the couch or any other furniture.
My family dog slept in my bed while she was puppy (and took up 3/4 of the bed...she is a beagle!) and then slept in my parents' bed until the last year (she'd sleep with my mom then would jump out when dad came to bed), as she can't jump up on the bed anymore cause she's old, so she sleeps in her bed.
My roommate's dog sleeps on the floor of whomever's room he chooses that night....if he wasn't a 60 pound huskie, I'd let him sleep on the bed.
I don't want a dog. My apartment is too small and I don't have time to walk them every day. I'm also terrified of big dogs, I've been attacked twice. I know that it's the owner's fault, but it still puts me off most dogs.
I have 2 cats. I'm happy. They do sleep on the bed with us.
Lovely Day Media wrote: My dogs are my family, too, but they are not people. They are not allowed on furniture. They always have their own bed. They don't have to sleep there if they so choose, but they are *not* sleeping on the couch or any other furniture.
+1
My pets have always had their own food, too. Drives me up the walls when I see friends feeding their dogs by hand from the table in the middle of a meal.
My dog Lilly sleeps under the covers with her head on my pillow. My cat Samson likes to sleep under the covers at my waist. My other dog Lucy sleeps at my feet (she doesn't like being under the covers), but on the bed
I also cook them people food (like chicken or other meat) to supplement their dog food and have taken them on every vacation I've gone on up to this point.
Cherrystone wrote: Pffft. My hunting dogs in past years spent 90% of their time outside...and they loved it. I had to holler at them to get them inside.
So do a zillion other work dogs.
You know where I'm from and what generation I grew up in, the sleeping outside part of her statement didn't bother me. This part did.....
Lady Pelvic wrote: I would never own a dog. If I did, that creature
No matter how she finishes that sentence it affirms my belief that she should never inflict herself upon a dog.
Please, never ask someone not to do something because they aren't morons about dogs.
Dogs LIKE it outside. Especially at night. More cruel to keep them indoors all the time. Nothing wrong with a dog being indoors at times during the day, and outdoors at night to sleep.
Please remove the stick lodged quite deeply in your bum-a-lum.
Please, never ask someone not to do something because they aren't morons about dogs.
Dogs LIKE it outside. Especially at night. More cruel to keep them indoors all the time. Nothing wrong with a dog being indoors at times during the day, and outdoors at night to sleep.
Please remove the stick lodged quite deeply in your bum-a-lum.
That's like saying all humans like chocolate. It's true for some but not all.
Dogs like being with their pack. If you only have one dog, they will most likely want to spend time with you. If you have another dog, being outside mast night may not be bad but it is t necessary.
That's like saying all humans like chocolate. It's true for some but not all.
Dogs like being with their pack. If you only have one dog, they will most likely want to spend time with you. If you have another dog, being outside mast night may not be bad but it is t necessary.
I've never seen a dog (with the exception of the useless ones like teacup sized dogs that aren't REALLY dogs) that didn't like to be outside for a majority of the time. I guess they may exist.
To clarify what might be deemed offensive to dog lovers, I don't see the point in tiny, tiny dogs. They're bred that way to be cute and cuddly and, some of the time, accessories. Seems a bit cruel to me and completely understandable why they would hate to be outside. They're pretty much defenseless.
If you want a dog like that, might as well own a cat.
I've never seen a dog (with the exception of the useless ones like teacup sized dogs that aren't REALLY dogs) that didn't like to be outside for a majority of the time. I guess they may exist.
To clarify what might be deemed offensive to dog lovers, I don't see the point in tiny, tiny dogs. They're bred that way to be cute and cuddly and, some of the time, accessories. Seems a bit cruel to me and completely understandable why they would hate to be outside. They're pretty much defenseless.
If you want a dog like that, might as well own a cat.
My dog is a Dane/pit mix. He cries at the door of we leave him out to long. There is no way he would sleep outside.
BorderlineBunny wrote: I've never seen a dog (with the exception of the useless ones like teacup sized dogs that aren't REALLY dogs) that didn't like to be outside for a majority of the time. I guess they may exist.
I've always had medium to medium-large breeds and as much as they love outdoors, they've all preferred to stay in the house - including a Norwegian Elkhound who was infamous for clogging the vacuum cleaner with her hair and fur. Yeah, a lesson to always research a breed beforehand.
To clarify what might be deemed offensive to dog lovers, I don't see the point in tiny, tiny dogs. They're bred that way to be cute and cuddly and, some of the time, accessories. Seems a bit cruel to me and completely understandable why they would hate to be outside. They're pretty much defenseless.
My mom does the "tiny dog" thing to this day (she's currently addicted to miniature Yorkies). In spite of the fact that she knew a neighbor whose Maltese was picked up by a red tail hawk (we grew up in a rapidly developing mountainous/rural subdivision of so CA, and the hawks clearly were running out of prey), and the fact that she's stepped on her previous lil' yapper while it was following her up the stairs while she was carrying laundry (um, my mom was carrying it - not the dog).
If you want a dog like that, might as well own a cat.
Well, except even a tiny dog isn't the same as a cat. I'd rather have "c) none of the above" if it were down to that choice... we're in an apartment so there's no way I'd consider having a dog of any size when there's no yard for it to play in.
Cats are OK n' all, but you definitely hafta dig them a helluva lot more than I do in order to justify the maintenance, dander, and (in most breeds) shedding.
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My last Lab [I have had several over the years] was a dog with the perfect bed habits. He would lay on my bed, quite content, for hours, until I shut down the computer and turned off the TV. Even before the lights went out he would, entirely without being told, get down on his own sleeping mat... leaving a nice pre-warmed place in the bed to put my feet.
He was very old and I had to have him put down last June [2011] when he could no longer get on to his feet under his own power. I sure miss that dog, especially on chilly winter nights.
Cherrystone wrote: Pffft. My hunting dogs in past years spent 90% of their time outside...and they loved it. I had to holler at them to get them inside.
So do a zillion other work dogs.
You know where I'm from and what generation I grew up in, the sleeping outside part of her statement didn't bother me. This part did.....
No matter how she finishes that sentence it affirms my belief that she should never inflict herself upon a dog.
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