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Sparky the cat sleeps with us. But she's the sweetest most wonderfullest cat of all time, and she's dying of cancer -- so we can't kick her out!
They say you shouldn't sleep with your pets... do you and your SO do it?
My little baby is a 5.2lb pomchi named Cupcake and she did sleep with us for the first three months that we had her, but knowing how bad it is for dogs to sleep on the bed we finally ended up locking her in her cage at nights and it did wonders for the dominance issues she was having. That being said, she still gets to nap with us and snuggle before lights out, so she still ends up on the bed quite a bit!!
We have a 15 pound beagle named Mocha. She's a first-class snuggler. We try to keep her on the foot of the bed but when we wake up she's right there with us. Her happiness with being there makes it very hard to keep her off!
oh yes we (I) do!
We have a 76lb Chocolate labrador. I created a monster... when my fiance is on night call- I invite our four legged friend into our bed and she curls up like a cat next to me. And ever since then, she comes to cuddle for periods of time throughout the night.
My fiance doesn't mind in the least. Our dog figured out she enjoys cuddling with me more than him- and thus she stays on my side of the bed.
It isn't an issue overall, because our dog will move from the bed to the couch (we have a couch from my fiance's 'undergraduate yrs' in the master bedroom that no one else uses except for us) when she is told to. So the dog isn't on our bed all night, and she doesnt get possesive about needing to be in the bed like some dogs. (And we have a California King- which allows each of us to have our own "zip code" of space!)
Yes, but our bed is small, so not always - pre FH, every nap and every night i slept with my kota!
My dog died before we got married. He was an 11 pound mini daschund and he used to sleep with me. He looked like this as a baby and often slept like this or like this. He liked to burrow under the covers at night, but every morning I would wake up with his little head on the pillow next to me...he was such a spoiled brat! I couldn't help it though, he was too darn cute with his big pathetic eyes and big floppy ears.
Yes, both of our cats sleep with us most nights. One of them sleep's on my fiance's head when it's cold (he has a ton of curly hair)--so cute!
Of course! Our two chihuhuas might catch a cold in this weather if they didn't sleep with us!
No dogs on the bed for me...she sleeps cozily in her bed in the laundry room. We did get her the softest squishiest comfiest dog bed we could find though...
Our cat does (although she gets kicked out of bed when she decides to sleep ON me and it gets hot) but our dogs sleep on their own beds.
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Mr. Banana's dog, Luna, used to sleep in the bed with him until I came along.
But I'm not mean! She is a 70 pound black lab, and even a queen size bed is tooooo small for the three of us!
Yes. We have 3 cats, Wally, Tipsy and Max (short for Maxine). At some point in the night Wally and Max will curl up, usually around our feet. Tipsy will sleep on the floor near the bed (she's not much of a ppl cat) sometimes she will come up and 'knead' our chest if she thinks we're sleeping.
I don't think we could stop them from sleeping with us, even if we wanted to. Cat's have a mind of thier own, and unless you kick them out of the bedroom and close the door i can't see them staying off the bed all night. Even if we tried, Max would be scratching and meaowing at the door all night 
she's very clingy to my fiance, daddy's little girl.
Our 10 lb cat, Calypso sleeps with us (she normally hangs out curled up into one of our armpits until we fall asleep and then wanders down to the foot of the bed later). Our Great Dane puppy is definitely not allowed in the bed though, as much as we love him. He's about 90 lbs now, but he'll ultimately outweigh either of us when he's full grown. I don't share the bed well as it is! We don't need a 180+ lb creature to crowd us out!
my FI's cat sleeps on his chest. we haven't moved in together yet, so i don't know if that will bother me (i suppose it won't. if the cat stays on him). my parents have a 170 lb great dane that sleeps in the bed with them. they had to get a king sized bed just because of the dog! she causes problems sometimes with being restless in bed or snoring! one of my parents inevitably ends up on the couch.
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Our 55lb dog does sleep with us - she's a world class cuddler. She's slept with us ever since we got her, and really, the bed feels empty without her!
NO WAY! I do not need to be finding ticks and dog hair in my bed. My dog loves being outside and running/rolling around in the grass and dirt, swimming in stinky pond water and all of that. So I really don't want any of that doggy-dirt in my bed.
I raised several dogs to be seeing eye dogs and according to the rules of the program the dogs were not allowed on any furniture (couches, beds, etc). So when I got a dog of my own I abided by the rules.
I think it's really gross to go to someone's house, sit down on their furniture, and then stand up with a coating of dog or cat fur all over you- so my dog stays on the floor (or in her comfy dog bed).
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My 16lb westie sleeps with me, and has since I felt she was completely potty-trained. He SAYS that his 75lb chocolate lab sleeps with him. I can't tell if he's just joking or not (we live long distance right now, and I have said multiple times that she is too big to sleep in the bed with us). He like to joke with me, so I hope that's all it is. If he's telling the truth, I think the 4 of us in one bed is going to be pretty interesting.
Our beautiful black cat, Poe, not only sleeps with us, but sleeps on us; he has to be touching at least on of us. He is actually meowing at me right now because I ususally go to bed around 10pm. 
I didn't know you weren't supposed to sleep with your pets, I've been sleeping with at least one cat on my bed for as long as I can remember!
We have 4 cats and I usually have one of them on me at least once during the night. It's like a little surprise to wake up and see which cat is there in the morning, haha!
I don't have any pets, but when I housesit, I let the dog sleep at the end of the bed, does that count?
Our two mini dachshunds sleep in the bed with us. It's lonely without them, but the bed is SO MUCH BIGGER. We have a queen and recently stayed in a hotel with a double which felt bigger than our bed because no dogs.
I've never heard that they aren't supposed to sleep in the bed with you, why is that?
I used to let my Yorkie/Silky mix sleep on the bed with me, but I needed to establsh myself as the Alpha dog, so I stopped that. I got him his own bed and put it in my room. I keep my room closed at all times--with us inside it at night and outside it during the day, so it is definitely the sleep domain. I let him snuggle with me in the morning, though, but only if it is light outside, and he has to be invited on the bed.
my 70-pound lab used to sleep with me until the mr. came along. he's 6'6" -- we don't all fit in one bed!
Our beagle sleeps at the foot of my side of the bed at his house, causing me to wake up in awkward positions with leg cramps and back pain! My cat takes turns sleeping on either one of us when we stay at my house. We have admitted to eachother that when the cat is on top of us, we slightly turn so that the cat ends up on the other!
I sleep with my dogs (read my parent's dogs) right now, but when FH and I are married and we get our own pets, I don't think he's going to be okay with them sleeping in our bed.
I don't have a dog now, but I did not usually sleep with my Shih Tzu Rudy, at my parents place. Theys started letting him get into their bed, so when they were gone, I slept with him. I love him so much, but he would lick his paws for quite awhile before going to bed and it was pretty annoying!
We used to let Emma sleep in between us. However, she likes to hog the bed, which really annoyed Mr. G! :) So now she has her own bed and she actually loves it.
My cat Quincy sleeps with me every night regardless of whether FI is over. My other cat Charlie will sleep with me part of the night, and if FI is over, he squeezes his large frame next to me. FI and I are moving in together in a few months, so it'll be interesting to see what happens, especially after we get the Boston Terrier puppy we're planning on getting!
We have two 60 pound dogs, and we love them, but they don't get to sleep in bed with us. They have one bed on each side of our bed, so I can reach down and give them pets in the morning. My fiance has mild allergies to them, so they're lucky they get to sleep in our room.
We have 3 dogs, 2 pits and a Shih Tzu/Poodle. When the pits were smaller we let them sleep in the bed but now they are over 50lbs, they sleep on the floor. Currently our 12lb Shih-Poo sleeps with us. I would prefer to have him sleep with the pits but he likes to play and bite in the middle of the night and our pits can only put up with so much. So for everyone's well being, the lil one sleeps with us.
Yep! Our 35 lbs. 10 year old sheltie sleeps with us. He will sometimes more to the floor but loves to cuddle on mornings we can sleep in!
They have monogrammed dog beds and they have Brookstone blankets. Yet, each morning we wake up to find our Cavalier King Charles Spaniels curled up at our feet. The truth? I wouldn't want it any other way.
I've heard you shouldn't let them sleep with you because they can get dominance issues (i.e. they think that they're "above" you in the pecking order)...
That said, we let our French Bulldog, Louis, sleep in our bed (he USED to sleep in a kennel). We have been talking about taking him to some advanced obedience training, and I think that would be the PERFECT opportunity to transition him to his own little bed. It's just so unfortunate that he's sooooooo snuggly!
We sleep AROUND our dog. Whereever billie lands on the bed, we contort our bodies as to not disturb her. It's pathetic. With the king size bed, it's better, but she is definitely the boss of the bed.
When I'm over at the bf's place, our two GSD Kaiser and Eevee share the bed with us until lights out--then they get placed into their crates for the rest of the night. At home, my puppy never sleeps on the bed--she's quite independent and hates people/other dogs sleeping near her. She only allows Kaiser to sleep near her because they grew up together. It's quite funny.
Kaiser likes to wake us up in the morning by getting on the bed and sniffing our faces for morning breath. Then he lays down on top of our legs and proceeds to lick our feet. Brat.
I love that my baby sleeps with us. He's like a huge teddy bear! (We actually had to get a bigger bed to accomodate the 3 of us)!
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Both of our kitties usually sleep on us. Our boy cat sometimes curls up on FI's leg when he's asleep!
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