Do you let your dog sleep with you?

Bocephus all covered up - Bocephus covered up
United States
February 26, 2009 10:45am CST
How many of you allow your dog or dogs to sleep with you? My dog Bocephus is a cuddle bug, he loves o sleep with me an dmy man and if not with us then with my son. Bo has to always be touching you, he will have his head in your lap, his paw on your leg or his tailhitting your back it does not matter as long as he is touching us. He gets under the blankets and even uses a pillow, he is so adorable. Does anyone else experience this?
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@dodo19 (47050)
• Beaconsfield, Quebec
26 Feb 09
I allow my dog to sleep with me. I love sleeping with a dog with me. And my fiance also likes it. I like have something cuddly with me.
• United States
26 Feb 09
Just as long as your dog doesn't push between you and your fiance, my dog does that he will put his back up against my man and his feet agains me and push me right out of the way, it is very comical.
• United States
27 Feb 09
how well we adjust for our dogs
@dodo19 (47050)
• Beaconsfield, Quebec
27 Feb 09
She does do that, unfortunately. One night, she took all of my side of the bed, leaving my fiance with his side of the bed. Luckily for me, I still got to sleep that night, even I stayed curled up for most of it.
@bellaofchaos (11538)
• United States
27 Feb 09
Aww that is too cute I have a husky and he loves to lay on the bed beside me but he doesn't like when my other half gets in.. LOL!! He feels it's his bed.. so he'll get inbetween me and my other half and push my other half off. LOL!Then he runs and barks.. Like he's playing and my other half just gets right into bed. At first he would bark at him from his position on the bed but now he tries to get my other half to chase him and he doesn't really like the covers over him though he prefer a pillow of sorts.
• United States
27 Feb 09
LOL! I guess I'm just lucky...
• United States
28 Feb 09
tyler and Frost - My siberian Husky frost.
I guess I should give you a picture of my baby I mean my puppers.LOL!! He's a full blooded Siberian Husky.. Akc registered.
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• United States
27 Feb 09
Sometimes i wish my dog would push my man out of bed and not me. LOL
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@brew2x (3094)
• Philippines
27 Feb 09
We have thee dogs. Two of them sleeps with my mom and one sleeps with me or one sleeps with my mom and the other two sleeps with me. We can have them all in the same room because two of them are always fighting. All our dogs are male.
@brew2x (3094)
• Philippines
28 Feb 09
You're right, I think they are fighting over our attention. I don't think they really want to hurt each other. Sometimes we just ignore them and they will stop fighting. I'm still glad that only the two don't get along well and not all of them.
• United States
28 Feb 09
Very true, it would be hard living with three dogs that all hated one another.
• United States
27 Feb 09
That is to bad they fight, it is always hard having an odd number of dogs when they dont all get along, one dog is always feeling left out and has to be alone that is sad, but i do understand.
@moneymommy (3418)
• United States
26 Feb 09
We let our dog get into bed with us. He will circle until he finds a comfortable spot. Most times he will sleep at our feet.
• United States
26 Feb 09
my dog does the circle thnk also, then he will dig around and push the blankets till them meet his satisfaction, then plop down for a nap.
27 Feb 09
Thats exactly what my dog does. He circles the bed for a bit then lies in between my boyfriend and I for a bit. Then he goes down to our feet and starts digging around for a bit until he finds a comfy spot. He eventually lies down and provides us with a hot water bottle for the night. The only problem that I have ever found with it was when he went through a phase of waking up in the middle of the night wanting a walk. Thankfully he has stopped that now!
• United States
27 Feb 09
ha ha so like my dog
@NIECIE21 (365)
• United States
27 Feb 09
my dog fluffy has to sleep in the bed with us. she loves to cuddle and has to be near one of us at all times. she is so cute. she loves to sleep on our pillows and lay with her face on our faces :)
• United States
27 Feb 09
Bocephus is a pit bull, shar-pae, rodesian ridgeback mix, basically he is a mutt.
• United States
27 Feb 09
awww how cute. If my dog layed his face on mine, i probably wouldn't be able to breath.
@NIECIE21 (365)
• United States
27 Feb 09
What kind of dog do you have? we have a dashound
@shanna34 (20)
• United States
27 Feb 09
Yes, I will ALWAYS make room for my dogs. There are some nights when I would rather have the dogs in bed instead of my husband! On another note, my Dad had a dog named Bocephus. Sometimes I think he loved that dog more than he loved us (just kidding - I think)! It can be weird how attached we become to our dogs but I think it is because they love us unconditionally and don't get up in the mornings looking for ways to be irritating. They are always looking to cuddle and play.
• United States
27 Feb 09
Unconditional love, that is so true. Wow, your dad had a dog named Bocephus, that is crazy to me. Tell me did he name him that after Hank William Jr? That is were my bocephus got his name.
• United States
28 Feb 09
I am glad to know you as well, as for mentioning your dads dog in his obit, i think that was great, dogs are a big part of our lives, we love them and they love us, when your father passed, you mother was not the only loved one that missed him, his dog does also his dog loved him just as well. I wish people would be more like you and consider the connection that people have with their dogs and mention them in speeches, obits, family books and all that good stuff. I bet you dad smiled when he heard what you wrote, if it were me i know i would have.
• United States
27 Feb 09
i do let my dogs sleep with me. i have two siberian huskies and i let them sleep with me. i love my dogs very much. i treat them just like they are one of my kids. they are my babies. they sit on the couch with me and they lay in the bed with me. it doesn't bother me at all. they just lay there and go to sleep. they don't bother me at all.
• United States
27 Feb 09
Huskies are awsome, and I agree with you my dog is also like a child to me, no bother at all, it is just what we do.
@KrauseHome (36448)
• United States
28 Feb 09
Well, I have never had the chance or pleasure yet to own a Dog indoors, but back when we had Cats, they used to sleep at the top of my head or love to crawl under the covers with me when it was cold. The one dog we did have when I was a teenager I am sure would have done this if he would have been allowed, and I am sure that it is a Cute site for you for sure. You might need to take a picture and share it with us sometime.
• United States
28 Feb 09
my cat sleep with us also, but at the foot of the bed, I'll have to remember to post a picture when i get a good one.
@mjhicks (317)
• United States
28 Feb 09
My husband and I have a community bed. We have two dogs and three cats. It is not uncommon to have at least two pets in our bed. Our one dog, Cookie, a golden retriever mix used to sleep between us a puppy. She would get so wound up we had to put her between us to settle her sown at night. Now she doesn't get on our bed much as it is kinda high and she had arthrits but the other dog and cats all think our bed belongs to them.
• United States
28 Feb 09
You should get her a little set of stairs. LOL animals see it as, it is their bed, they just alow us to sleep their. :)
@ericajoyce (1746)
• Philippines
2 Mar 09
Hello cowgirljess. Yes, I allow my dog, fifi to sleep with me in my room. There are times that she will sleep with me on her bed but, there are times that she wont and she barks in the middle of the night and thats the time I put her out of my room.
• United States
2 Mar 09
if my dog barked in the middle of the night i would be kicking him out also.
• Canada
27 Feb 09
my dogs (3)) do what they want and that is fine with me. they love me more than my grown children do and that is why they get away with so much.
• United States
27 Feb 09
it is funny how we are strict with kids, but allow our dogs to walk all over us and get away with anything, i mean they know better also but for some reason it is just cute when they do it.
• United States
28 Feb 09
I have two dogs here. Our German Shepard Mix sleeps with my mother and my border collie mix sleeps with me. Most dogs when you sleep with them are not that comfortable typically but Mindy (German Shepard Mix) she usually will sleep in the right spot where is really comfortable. Lucky always sleep at the foot of the bed. When I go to bed at first, he gets off but he comes back on once I settle in bed. He's funny that way.
• United States
28 Feb 09
That is nice of him to let you get comfy first, i wish mine did that. they way he thinks is, if your not comfy, too bad.
@Archie0 (5636)
27 Feb 09
If i could i would surely allow my dog to sleep with me.but the sadest point is my dog is reall big in size even more than me, where i guess he will need th whole of my bed to sleep and me need to sleep out of the house where he does then.I cant allow him to be with me just for this reason he is a big german sheperd with a larg height of atleast 3 to 4 feets i guess and length is really long he is wide healthy and hairy.the problem is he is also very ill mannered in sleeping basics he sleeps anyhow and might hurt anyone of us me or my sister as we both got a common bed but a size of 4 people can easily sleep.but then too my dog is not allowed to sleep inside the house. I am going to get a bernard small one may be he will be with me, because i just love st bernard dogs
• United States
27 Feb 09
German Sheperds are big dogs that is for sure, so i can undertand why he does not sleep with you. St Bernards also turn out to be big dogs, big and lovey.
• China
27 Feb 09
I always like dogs so much. When I was a young boy, my dog usually sleeps besides me, not on the same bed with me, of course. Although I want to allow my dog to sleep with me in the same bed, my wife and my son do not like this idea. So I do not allow it to sleep with us. The dog is really a good friend of the human being. With its' accompanyment, our life becomes more interesting. Best wishes to all dog lovers.
• United States
27 Feb 09
Very well said
@JKERIN (10)
• China
27 Feb 09
hehe ~I never experience that,because I have no dog ,so .....
• United States
27 Feb 09
Well if you ever get the chance you should get one and let him or her up on the bed and you will see why so many of us allow it. :)
• Brazil
27 Feb 09
Not a dog but we have lots of cats with us and sometimes one or two of them sleep with me. I feel good cause they are warm and is good to feel that warm little thing close to me. Mostly when they are sick I get them to be with me and feel protected.
• United States
27 Feb 09
our animals are always comforting when we are sick. I too have a cat and along with my dog, my cat sleeps with us as well, his cat bed is at the foot of my bed in the corner and he loves it there.
@deejean06 (1952)
• United States
27 Feb 09
We don't have a dog but I just had to contribute to the discussion anyway. Your dog is just so cute! I love it that he sleeps with you - it shows a real bond and I think that's important for a family. He'll protect you even more! We have a cat and the cat was mine before I married and had a son. So the cat is stuck to me. He will push past my husband to be next to me and sleeps at the end of the bed by my feet. He even nipped my husband once or twice when we were first married because my husband went to touch me. Animals are funny when they get attached...thankfully he has grown used to other people in the house and everything is much better now. Enjoy Bo!
• United States
27 Feb 09
You cat sounds cool. Bo is a great dog, he truly is one of a kind and yes he would risk himself to protect me and my family.
• China
27 Feb 09
haha,lovely dogs! My dog always tries to go to bed and sleep with me. But he always finds by my mother and let him sleep on his own bed that is a beautiful and comfortable basket with his own blanket,pillow and dolls.
• United States
27 Feb 09
I want to get a pet bed for Bocephus, but i dont think he would use it very much, my son and his cat would use it the most. ha ha
• United States
27 Feb 09
When I had a dog I'd let her sleep with me all the time. She'd cuddle with me, steal my blankets, and steal my pillows. But I didn't care because she was so cuuuute.
• United States
27 Feb 09
we never seem to mind being uncomfortable when it comes to our dogs, they are so adorable and look at peace when they are under the blankets and comfy and we are shivering and have no pillow, but hey it is worth it.
@shanna34 (20)
• United States
27 Feb 09
Of course I let my dogs sleep with me! I would be lost without my dogs in bed with me at night. My husband is a paramedic and used to work nights, so I began to let my dogs in bed with me just for company. My dog Chrissy, is a lab, I have a terrier named Tex, and a chow named Sheeba. Two of these dogs are rather large but I always find a way to make room. Tex does sleep under the covers, but the other two would rather be on top of the blankets making certain I can't move! This makes it difficult on nights that my husband is home because the result is all five of us in bed together! My husband likes to joke about how he had four females in his bed the night before!
• United States
27 Feb 09
HA HA HA, that is rad. I love your dogs names. Isn't it amazing how we manage to make room and move things around for our dogs instead of saying ok husbands home your on the floor tonight.