I had a pet dog who had to sleep in bed with me. Problem is he’d spread out and dig his claws into my back. There was a period of time when I had two twin beds in my room, and I’d move to the other when he’d start monopolizing the bed. He’d wake up, realize I was gone, and move to the bed I was in.
Of my three guide dogs, my first would hop up on the bed for about 10 minutes and then get off. My guess at the time is she got hot, but she showed similar behavior elsewhere, wanting to check up on me and then leave. My second was a velcro dog. She slept at the end of my bed, and would even hop on the bed if I so much as sat on it to tie my shoes. My current dog has a small social battery that he drains by seeking occasional cuddles and scritches, but never more than a minute or two, then he’s off hiding again. The only time he’s on the bed is when there are fireworks going off outside, when he’s trying his hardest to get under my skin.
We had a pet cat once. Never would sleep with anyone, at least not me, but one night I woke up to him sucking on my arm.
They’re cats. How would you stop them?
I would die for this dog, of course he can be on my bed.
I have a hard time sleeping if my cat isn’t at least on the bed with me, but most nights she starts by sleeping on me then makes her way towards my feet later on.
Travel can be tricky to get rest on because she’s spoiled me that way.
Absolutely!
Cat and yea. He sleeps in one corner. And it gets kinda dirty fast from him always sleeping there but I love him and I don’t care.
The cat i grew up with would leave a little room on either side of him in the bed. How you were supposed to manage was entirely a ‘you’ issue.
My grandparents cat preferred her own pillow between their pillows at the head of the bed. She’d also promptly leave her tail in grandpa’s face. If he attempted to remedy the situation he’d get a polite, yet firm, hiss in response.
Heck yeah. I have a Pomeranian so I don’t think it would be possible to kick him out of the bed even if I wanted to.
Cat yes, dog no. Dogs seem more comfortable with rules, and I don’t like them in the bed. So I train them not to and we are both ok with that.
Cats I can’t control, but they tuck in easily and don’t take up much space, they are kinda relaxing to have in the bed.
Same rules for the couch. So relaxing to have a cat next to me, purring. Dog at feet, or sometimes we get a chair for them, so they can sit up high like us.
Yes, but everyone involved acknowledges the fact that it’s my bed and my pillows. They have the old couch as their bed.
Sometimes my cat comes up for some minutes when I go to bed. But she doesn’t sleep there when I do, I guess I move too much.
No. Which means it’s only for a few minutes, some mornings. Until I wake up.
Yep. Izzy sleeps next to my pillow. Sometimes I wake up with a handful of furry face. Cats are goofy.
My dog sleeps right in between me and my wife. She likes to be the big spoon and the little spoon.
I sleep on my side. My cat sleeps along my upper arm, her front paws curving over my shoulder, her nose facing towards my face, just so she can keep an eye on me.
I have one cat who tucks me in every night.
