In our bed curled up next to me and haha sometimes sharing my pillow where she will rest her head.

We got our dog when she was close to a year and it was a very log and arduous trip involving an early morning start, two connected air plane flights, car rental to drive over an hour to pick her up then a 9 hour trip home with an hour detour to return the rental car and pick up our car DH had an important meeting the next morning. We had planned to crate her that first night but I decided that the only way we would get a good nights sleep was to take her to bed with us and hope she didn't make an accident. She was fantastic that first night, settled down to sleep and didn't get up until we did. She clearly was experienced with sleeping in a bed so we continue the practice.

Out tpoo slept with my kids until both went away to university then she slept in our bed.

Cats share the bed with us too.

 

Cammie sleeps curled up next to me, right in the middle of the bed -- or sometimes closer to my side of the bed which doesn't leave me much room. On the other side of the bed, I have a pillow for Sam (or Cammie) at the bottom of the bed and a pillow at the top of the bed. And there are 3 dog beds in the bedroom. Sam moves around during the night -- sometimes on the bed and sometimes on one of the dog beds. And if Sam's nighttime movement gets to be too much for Cammie, sometimes she will slip off the bed and sleep on one of the dog beds. But she is usually back on the bed, curled up next to me by the time I wake up.

Maybe it is time for you to invest in a second dog bed? One for downstairs and one for your bedroom?

 

Both of mine move around, but like to spend at least part of the night touching me. Sometimes I end up with Javelin next to me and Lily between my knees. I think they would be pretty unhappy if they were denied access to sleeping close.

 

My poodles sleep with me, but where crated at night until they were almost one year old, fully potty trained and not destructive

 

Milo is 5 months, he sleeps in a crate in the living room and quite content in there.

 

Shae is 8 mos and I can't trust her enough not to get into things yet, so she is still in her crate.

Rocky was crated until about a year then he was allowed to sleep on the bed if he wanted. He usually cuddles with me for 15 min or so before moving to the bottom of the bed. If it is cold in our bedroom, he will cuddle all night; but if he gets too hot then he sleeps on the floor, but is usually back up on the bed when I wake up.

 

Buck sleeps in our bed at night, on the tile floor or a leather couch during the day. Why did I waste money on dog beds?

 

ours slept in their crates until they were housebroken, and now they sleep in our bedroom. they choose where to sleep: sometimes on the bed with us and sometimes on the floor, but they always start off on the floor.

most mornings i wake up with a dog on my chest and one curled between my legs; they seem uninterested in sleeping on my fiancé’s side of the bed during the night, though they’ll lay on her during the day if there are naps if she works nights.

 

At 6 months Dixie decided she'd had enough of the crate so moved into our bed and doesn't move throughout the nite.... she's almost 4 now.

 

Archie sleeps in the bed with us. He usually starts curled up against my legs, then switches over to my husband's side because I move too much. If it's a warm night, he'll move to the floor at some point.

He slept in his crate for the first couple of months we had him. I tested him out by taking naps with him out of the crate first, then moved to letting him sleep with us all night. He gets very upset if he's not allowed in the bedroom at night now.

 

Always in our bedroom. As puppies mine sleep in crates, because I think it is an important life-skill (especially because they will go to handlers at some point), and to give the older dog a privilege the puppy doesn't have. Once loose, they are allowed on the bed as long as they don't get too pushy and in the way. My current two seem to divide their time between the bed and the floor. Both will make a point to come up and snuggle in the morning.

I haven't retained much of my early reading of the Monks of New Skete books, but I still agree with them that nighttime counts as pack time. Also, bad health things (especially bloat) happen at night, and I want them in the same room with me.

 

Ace sleeps in a doggie playpen (with doggie bed) in my bedroom. We tried to let him sleep in our bed, but he kept nibbling on my toes and on the corners of the comforter (love the puppy teething age!). He is very content and sleeps all night in his little playpen.

 

Rory slept in his crate in the living room until he was about six months and since then has slept in my bedroom. He always starts and finishes the night on the bed but in summer will often move to the floor or the corridor right outside the room to sleep on the tiles.

 

Asta sleeps at the bottom of our bed or on the hallway floor, depending on the temperature or his mood, it seems. We crated him when he was a puppy till he was reliably housebroken.

 

In/on my bed, depending on temperature. Poppy always starts the night with a snuggle under the duvet, then sleeps under it if it is chilly, or on top if it is warm. Sophy prefers to sleep on top of the quilt, unless there is thunder, when she likes to get as close to me as possible. At some point during the night one or more of the cats are likely to join us, finding their own comfy spot.

 

I am 'allowed' to sleep with her!........The minute I turn off the livingroom lights, she runs ahead and is waiting!

 

I love her naked but and painted finger nails. She’s precious !

 

We have a couple of memory-foam dog beds in our bedroom. Sometimes they're in those beds, sometimes on the carpet, but never on our bed. They do sleep on our laps when we watch television, so that counts as "pack time."

 

Our 4 month old spoo puppy sleeps in her crate in the living room. Once she gets past the land shark chew on everything phase she'll be loose in the main living area with the Siberian Husky.


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Both of my girls slept in their crates, in our bedroom upstairs until they were about 1 and we could trust them. Now they sleep in their own beds on the floor on either side of my bed. Molly is a bed hog, and also moves around so much I am afraid she would fall off in the night. Callie simply loves her own bed and chooses to go there. Both move around the room and hallway at night, and I often find one or the other sleeping in the hallway at the head of the stairs (keeping guard I guess) especially when it is hot. I place a sheet on the floor in the hall in case they want a cool place to sleep.
I read for awhile before I turn the light out and Molly sleeps on my bed until I tell her "bedtime" when she happily jumps into her bed. They both come up on the bed and cuddle when it gets light or the minute I wake up.
In the camper, same thing.

 

 

We have our 2 current pups, Remo and Neo, in comfy crates (we call them the condos lol) in our bedroom. We like having them close at night. We'd gone thru major health issues with our girls before and just feel better with them close.
We'll keep the crates but as they grow up, they'll have the choice of on the bed, in their condos (unlatched) or on the floor.
We try to have them travel with us as often as possible, so that's another reason for us to keep them familiar with crating.
If the photo loads, it's of Holly and Noel after a snooze

 

Charlie at 10mos has free range of the upstairs at night. He usually sleeps on the floor next to my bed. Or on the tile floor in the bathroom. But he is always next to the bed when I wake up in the morning. I'm a light sleeper so he doesn't come on the bed unless invited up in the mornings for snuggles.

 

Our old dog (he's 12) now sleeps at the foot of the bed because I feel that he needs to be able to stretch out and to get up and go to the potty area as needed. Until this summer he slept in his crate (and still naps in there occasionally).

Our other two (one is 7 years old and the other is a 6 month old puppy) sleep in their crates. The crates are in our bedroom.

 

The 4 of use 3 toys poodles and me sleep on 1/4 of a king size bed, I d wonder sometimes what it would be to just spread out in the entire bed, LOL

 

In the closet!

Zephyr is encouraged to sleep on the bed and he always starts out there, but he always moves off, usually into the closet. I have two tiny little closets that are just the right size for him to curl up in, I guess he feels cozy in there.

 

Zephyr is encouraged to sleep on the bed and he always starts out there, but he always moves off, usually into the closet. I have two tiny little closets that are just the right size for him to curl up in, I guess he feels cozy in there.

Zephyr looks so cute - it's like his private little man-cave.