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Duppers

(28,247 posts)
Fri Dec 9, 2022, 10:11 PM Dec 2022

Where do your pups sleep at night?

Ours always chose to sleep as close to me, their mom, as possible. There's a big old sofa in our big master bedroom and they all have slept there. Of course, I covered it with washable blankets.

There was an exception and he and I had an uncomfortable relationship. He was my mother's dog that I inherited when she died. He was angry, felt deserted, and blamed me. He slept in our living room. That's why I think it would've been a good idea to let him see that my mom, his first mom, was dead, so then he would've have felt deserted on purpose. They can reason. I wish I had taken him to the funeral home. I don't think that would've been an unreasonable request.


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Where do your pups sleep at night? (Original Post) Duppers Dec 2022 OP
Rosie sleeps under the covers with me ❤️ Murphyb849 Dec 2022 #1
My dog Sugar FalloutShelter Dec 2022 #4
Little dog, between us at foot of bed. multigraincracker Dec 2022 #2
2 Jack Russell Terriers gademocrat7 Dec 2022 #3
We nicknamed my Jack Russell "Blizzard" OhNo-Really Dec 2022 #11
Sassy sleeps under the covers with me... chillfactor Dec 2022 #5
Two in bed with us and the third on a dog bed next to ours. MichMan Dec 2022 #6
Rocket, the Ancient Weiner Boy Bayard Dec 2022 #7
Ha, Frankie's not fond of the kitties. Duppers Dec 2022 #10
In Mom and Dad's room shenmue Dec 2022 #8
the foot of the bed Groundhawg Dec 2022 #9
Two old Goldens are helped onto the bed every night. dem4decades Dec 2022 #12
Of course. rubbersole Dec 2022 #13
My girl Willow is an Akbash, Tyche Dec 2022 #14
My two, in bed with me. Polly Hennessey Dec 2022 #15
My two boys refuse to go to bed with me at night but every morning intheflow Dec 2022 #16
I think you are quite correct about your mom's dog. I remember reading that niyad Dec 2022 #17

OhNo-Really

(3,991 posts)
11. We nicknamed my Jack Russell "Blizzard"
Fri Dec 9, 2022, 11:43 PM
Dec 2022

He shed so much.

Jax. How I miss him 🥹

Darling puppers. I ❤️ Jack Russells

So much energy, so smart, so loyal & loving.

MichMan

(13,230 posts)
6. Two in bed with us and the third on a dog bed next to ours.
Fri Dec 9, 2022, 10:33 PM
Dec 2022

The third one can't jump up on the bed, so she does the next best thing. Sometimes when I'm the last one in, I have to try and position myself around them.

Sometimes I think they believe it is their bed and they just allow us to share it with them. One loves burying herself under the covers. All three are rescues.

Bayard

(24,145 posts)
7. Rocket, the Ancient Weiner Boy
Fri Dec 9, 2022, 10:37 PM
Dec 2022

Under the covers with us. He's always cold. Two cats on my feet. The Pyrenees, Duke, on the floor at the foot of the bed. The collie, Frankie, rotates around to 3 different dog beds, the couch, or the rug in front of the wood stove. She won't get on our bed unless the cats vacate.

Hard to say about Ogee.

Duppers

(28,247 posts)
10. Ha, Frankie's not fond of the kitties.
Fri Dec 9, 2022, 11:28 PM
Dec 2022

Ogee grew up without any discipline, dh just said, and we had rules here. Plus, he was no longer an "only child." He was just pissed off for many reasons.


Tyche

(88 posts)
14. My girl Willow is an Akbash,
Sat Dec 10, 2022, 01:54 AM
Dec 2022

a livestock guardian breed from Turkey. She's protective, loyal, intelligent, and very independent. Oh, I tried so hard to get her to sleep on my bed, or at least on a dog bed next to me, but she prefers to sleep in the hallway where she can watch over us all. She would gladly sleep outside if I let her. I envy all of you with your cuddly dogs (but I wouldn't trade Willow for anything)!

intheflow

(28,948 posts)
16. My two boys refuse to go to bed with me at night but every morning
Sat Dec 10, 2022, 09:37 AM
Dec 2022

I am a doggo sandwich upon waking. The only exception to this pattern is when something happens to them, like porcupine run-ins and getting their vaccinations. Whenever they come home from the vet they sleep with me all night for a couple days. I adopted them as bonded brothers (different breeds) and they really do move and act in unison much of the time.

niyad

(120,034 posts)
17. I think you are quite correct about your mom's dog. I remember reading that
Sat Dec 10, 2022, 10:26 AM
Dec 2022

years ago. They need to know and see that their person died so that they don't keep looking for them.

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