Posted on 04/24/2014 12:11:49 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows
It's a topic so divisive that it has been known to be a significant factor in choosing a spouse: Do you let your pet sleep in your bed with you?
In some households, it's the norm. All pets are allowed everywhere, all the time. In others, it's no pets on any furniture, ever. But in many, the answer lies somewhere in between: Perhaps the cat or small dog is given a spot to snuggle, but the Great Dane has to remain on the floor.
Many factors come into play, of course. Some pet owners suffer from allergies and sleeping with a face full of fur only exacerbates them, or maybe they can't deal with the dirt a dog would track onto the duvet. But plenty of pet owners - and veterinary professionals - can't imagine drifting off to sleep without their kitty or Cocker Spaniel cuddled up nearby.
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The dog is welcome to sleep with our children but there are, um, grown-up things that wouldn’t happen with an audience present. Even a dog.
My wife told me right from the beginning that her dog slept with her and if I didn’t like it I could just move on. We’ve had quite an assortment of bedmates over the last 36 years. My dog even has her own pillow.
LOL!
Dogs must stay on the floor.
Cats may go on anything I can sit on, but nothing more than that. Absolutely no feet or anything worse on food-bearing surfaces.
That’s how Knuckles would prefer it. Lol
My pets have always been welcome to share sleeping quarters-both my husbands felt the same. My cats sleep on the bed, but my Husky won’t stay on a bed or couch more than a few minutes-I guess it is just too warm for all that fur from hell-she likes her pet bed or a rug...
First world problems.
205 .. Dang
People have.
Good point.
Clearly, you need another drink.
Agreed, sir. Although, I will say that there has been the time or two that I’ve riled up one of the critters, just to aggravate Mrs. PubliusMM.
Keeps things ‘fresh’, dontcha know.
I didnt know they made dogs that big. That must be one solid animal.
My golden can lay in bed with us, but when the lights go out, he knows it’s time to leave the bed.
Then around 5 am he will jump back on the bed.
I don’t like anything walking on my face. But it happens.
The cat sleeps on my feet, or sometimes in the bend of my knees if I am on my side. At first he would get down if I changed position much, but now, he just resettles once I have moved. I guess he likes me.
1. Those who allow their pets to sleep with them on the bed
2. Those who lie about it
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