If you have an indoor dog

[jag01]

If you have an indoor dog, where do they sleep?

[feffy]

We move his bed from in front of the footboard of our bed at night to in front of the sliding glass door (that we never use) during the day.

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[cna]

Our dog climbs into bed with DS2 every night until he falls asleep. When I go to bed he comes with me and sleeps on the floor in my room. He has a bed in the boys' room that he sleeps on every once in a while.

[expectantsteelerfan]

Our dog slept in bed with me/us when we first got her (before dh and I were married), then moved her to a dog bed on the floor in our room for a LONG time, but then she started keeping me up in the early morning to the point where I was more sleep deprived than when my kids were babies, so when we moved this summer to a house with a finished basement, we moved her bed to the basement and we shut her in there every night. My sleep has been saved, but she 'marks' the carpet in the basement to show she's unhappy with not sleeping in our room anymore (we use puppy pads now and she does go on those, but we will need to replace the carpet at some point, she's 11 so probably not till she's not with us anymore). I know lots of people whose dogs sleep in crates at night. We've tried to do crating off and on with our dog from time to time over the years, but she never took to it. We did try to put her bed in a crate overnight when she started marking in the basement, and she barked constantly for hours until I gave up. If I was getting a new dog, I would crate train them from the start.

[jag01]

We recently got a puppy, and I have her in a crate. The kids keep begging that they want her to sleep with them. Not even going to entertain the idea until she's completely house broke, so I'm guessing a year from now.

[Deleted]

In a dog bed next to my bed, or in the bed if I'm too lazy to kick him out

[melew]

In a crate in our room.

[vettymama]

Both sleep in bed with DH and I. If we are over night at my parents Lily still sleeps with us (or occasionally my mom and dad) and Leia sleeps in her crate.

[vlagrl]

our bed

[NandaB]

My poor dogs aren't even allowed on the couch, so they certainly aren't getting in any beds. That grosses me out. Our dog we had prekids used to sleep on a bed in the living room or on the floor ext to the bed, but we got a second dog a couple years ago who can't be trusted not to chew things. So they have beds in the kitchen and we put them in ttherr with a baby gate. The doggie door is also in the kitchen/laundry room so during the day when my crazy kids are running around we leave the gate up so the dogs can go in and out without Natalie harassing them.

[quesyrah]

She has a kennel but for some reason she won't sleep in it anymore. During the day she likes a specific corner of the dining room. At night we put her in the kitchen (I can gate it off) and we put a dog bed down for her which she doesn't seem to like much. She prefers this memory foam kitchen mat we have so I bought a second one just for her that we put down at night.

[ashb62]

Our dog is still a puppy (7 months) and she sleeps in her crate. Once she can be trusted not to chew or pee in the floor, we'll probably let her sleep on her bed at the foot of the stairs. She'll never be allowed in my bed. Never say never, but I really can't imagine letting her sleep with the kids either.

[auroraloo]

Our bed.

[ashb62]

Mar 1, 2015 11:23:30 GMT -5 runningfish said:

Mar 1, 2015 11:18:13 GMT -5 ashb62 said:

Our dog is still a puppy (7 months) and she sleeps in her crate. Once she can be trusted not to chew or pee in the floor, we'll probably let her sleep on her bed at the foot of the stairs. She'll never be allowed in my bed. Never say never, but I really can't imagine letting her sleep with the kids either.

We said the same thing. I don't even know when or why it happened, but he sleeps in our bed now. Our dog has a blanket he lays on in our bed. He will sleep there for an hour or two and then he takes his blanket and goes to the living room. I'm assuming he gets too hot.

I'm allergic to dogs. We have a poodle mix, but she still sheds. As long as I take my Zyrtec and vacuum regularly, it doesn't bother me, but I'm pretty sure I would be miserable if she slept in our bed.

Right now it's hard for me to imagine anything past the puppy stage, so I won't say I'll never let her sleep with the kids, but I can absolutely say she'll never sleep with me.

[Kcthepouchh8r]

Our bed

[dizzycooks]

My dog sleeps on her doggie bed next to ours or in our bed if she's not being annoying.

[feffy]

Do you bedsharers not have ticks in your area? We use flea and tick protection, but they can still hitch a ride and transfer to soft furniture. In general, I feel dogs and furniture don't mix. Bleh.

[feffy]

Mar 1, 2015 10:02:03 GMT -5 expectantsteelerfan said:

Our dog slept in bed with me/us when we first got her (before dh and I were married), then moved her to a dog bed on the floor in our room for a LONG time, but then she started keeping me up in the early morning to the point where I was more sleep deprived than when my kids were babies, so when we moved this summer to a house with a finished basement, we moved her bed to the basement and we shut her in there every night. My sleep has been saved, but she 'marks' the carpet in the basement to show she's unhappy with not sleeping in our room anymore (we use puppy pads now and she does go on those, but we will need to replace the carpet at some point, she's 11 so probably not till she's not with us anymore). I know lots of people whose dogs sleep in crates at night. We've tried to do crating off and on with our dog from time to time over the years, but she never took to it. We did try to put her bed in a crate overnight when she started marking in the basement, and she barked constantly for hours until I gave up. If I was getting a new dog, I would crate train them from the start.

No offense, but I would bark and mark too.

[quesyrah]

Mar 1, 2015 13:04:20 GMT -5 feffy said:

Mar 1, 2015 10:02:03 GMT -5 expectantsteelerfan said:

Our dog slept in bed with me/us when we first got her (before dh and I were married), then moved her to a dog bed on the floor in our room for a LONG time, but then she started keeping me up in the early morning to the point where I was more sleep deprived than when my kids were babies, so when we moved this summer to a house with a finished basement, we moved her bed to the basement and we shut her in there every night. My sleep has been saved, but she 'marks' the carpet in the basement to show she's unhappy with not sleeping in our room anymore (we use puppy pads now and she does go on those, but we will need to replace the carpet at some point, she's 11 so probably not till she's not with us anymore). I know lots of people whose dogs sleep in crates at night. We've tried to do crating off and on with our dog from time to time over the years, but she never took to it. We did try to put her bed in a crate overnight when she started marking in the basement, and she barked constantly for hours until I gave up. If I was getting a new dog, I would crate train them from the start.

No offense, but I would bark and mark too.

Why? We gate our dog in the kitchen every night and I assume my kitchen is smaller than her basement

[feffy]

Mar 1, 2015 13:07:18 GMT -5 quesyrah said:

Mar 1, 2015 13:04:20 GMT -5 feffy said:

No offense, but I would bark and mark too.

Why? We gate our dog in the kitchen every night and I assume my kitchen is smaller than her basement

From sleeping in the human bed to shut in the basement? Most dogs would be confused and hurt.

[feffy]

Mar 1, 2015 13:07:11 GMT -5 runningfish said:

Mar 1, 2015 13:03:37 GMT -5 feffy said:

Do you bedsharers not have ticks in your area? We use flea and tick protection, but they can still hitch a ride and transfer to soft furniture. In general, I feel dogs and furniture don't mix. Bleh.

Our dog is an indoor dog and on a tick prevention so unless we go on a hike I'm never worried about ticks (we check after every hike).

We are in a rural area and he picks them up just being in our yard on a super long lead. Hikes are actually better because our town park sprays their woods.

[cna]

Mar 1, 2015 13:03:37 GMT -5 feffy said:

Do you bedsharers not have ticks in your area? We use flea and tick protection, but they can still hitch a ride and transfer to soft furniture. In general, I feel dogs and furniture don't mix. Bleh.

We live in the desert and ticks aren't really a problem here. All of our animals are on a flea treatment that also prevents ticks, just in case they do happen to encounter a wayward tick.

[aggiecyd]

She has a bed under the dining room window downstairs. At night she sleeps on the floor by our bed. I have allergies & she's a big dog. No way we'd all be comfortable or rested if she slept with us.

[gastro]

Our dog used to sleep in a dog bed in our room, then when DS came along she moved herself to a room that's open at the top of our stairs which has three couches and she would sleep on all of them. Guess she felt like she had to keep and eye on both me and the baby .
She passed last month but for the past year she slept downstairs on a couch or dog bed we had. She just refused to go up stairs at some point.

[Kcthepouchh8r]

I've never found a tick in my bed and I've had a dog sleeping in my bed for the past 25 years.

[cabbagecabbage]

Dog beds at the foot of put bed. We only got them out of our bed when I was pregnant.

[lyingliarlies]

2 dogs, one big dog bed at the foot of our bed. We move it into the living room in the evening after DS goes to bed so they're with us while we're watching TV or whatever, then move if back to the bedroom when we go. I half joke that their bed is nicer than ours - it's memory foam.

[auroraloo]

Ticks never once occurred to me. We use prevention and live in the city.

[expectantsteelerfan]

Mar 1, 2015 13:13:07 GMT -5 feffy said:

Mar 1, 2015 13:07:18 GMT -5 quesyrah said:

Why? We gate our dog in the kitchen every night and I assume my kitchen is smaller than her basement

From sleeping in the human bed to shut in the basement? Most dogs would be confused and hurt.

WTH, she went from sleeping in her bed on the floor of our bedroom to sleeping in her bed on the floor of a finished basement.  I figured she'd adapt after a while (which she has, she now goes to the basement on her own when she wants to be left alone/is ready to sleep for the night even if I haven't gone to bed yet).  She's a finicky dog, hence the marking though. 

And I'm a big fan of dog crating, I don't know if that's an UO or not, but our vet really recommended it because it usually makes a dog feel more secure during transitions.  Didn't work for us though.

[aggiecyd]

Mar 1, 2015 13:14:42 GMT -5 feffy said:

Mar 1, 2015 13:07:11 GMT -5 runningfish said:

Our dog is an indoor dog and on a tick prevention so unless we go on a hike I'm never worried about ticks (we check after every hike).

We are in a rural area and he picks them up just being in our yard on a super long lead. Hikes are actually better because our town park sprays their woods.

When we lived on the east coast, I found several ticks on our dog before they attached - we'd do a check after each walk. We lived in the burbs & her walks were around the neighborhood.
When DD was about 1, we took a walk and stayed on the sidewalk the whole time. Got home, she ate an Oreo & started freaking out about the crumbs on her hands. It wasn't until about 2 minutes into a frantic scream-athon that I realized a "crumb" was moving up her arm. Ticks can be a concern even not in the woods.