Comments on: Where Does Your Dog Sleep At Night? In Your Bed? In A Crate? https://puppyintraining.com/where-does-your-dog-sleep-at-night/ Dog Lovers | Puppy Experts Fri, 03 Nov 2023 00:38:21 +0000 hourly 1 By: Shana Brouwers https://puppyintraining.com/where-does-your-dog-sleep-at-night/#comment-413484 Tue, 27 Jul 2021 07:56:27 +0000 https://puppyintraining.com/?p=21395#comment-413484 In reply to Liv.

I got my adult rescue, Spectre, and intended to crate train him, but I slept downstairs on the couch outside the crate in case there were any issues. The first night, he was absolutely angelic and perfectly quiet and slept well…. The second night, he cried and I thought it wouldn’t be the worst thing if I let him sleep on the couch with me, just so he felt better. Same thing the 3rd night and after that I thought, “Why the hell are we all sleeping on the couch, this is stupid?!” And he’s slept in bed with zero problems ever since…. Once I adopted my puppy, Jabberwocky, I didn’t even bother trying to nighttime crate train him. He just sleeps on the bed (thankfully no accidents) through the night and gets crated for potty training during the daytime while I’m at work. I’m a softie!

]]> By: Ellen Cafarella https://puppyintraining.com/where-does-your-dog-sleep-at-night/#comment-359077 Wed, 25 Jul 2018 03:27:41 +0000 https://puppyintraining.com/?p=21395#comment-359077 Our two boxers sleep in bed with us. Both were crate trained and quickly caught on. Stella started sleeping with us when she was two years old. When we got Dasher, Stella was four. We started him out in the bed with us. We put his travel crate in-between us so he was close for outside business during the night. He is also crate trained for times we’re not home. Two spoiled rotten bed hogs who snore and fart is the best way to sleep!

]]> By: Colby https://puppyintraining.com/where-does-your-dog-sleep-at-night/#comment-300133 Tue, 03 May 2016 07:59:14 +0000 https://puppyintraining.com/?p=21395#comment-300133 In reply to Jen Gabbard.

Stetson likes to sprawl too and I will sometimes wake up trapped in the corner of our King Sized bed. Another thing he does is kick in his sleep. He’s been known to give sharp kicks to the chest while we’re in mid-sleep (actually Ali is the lucky one who’s gotten the kick to the chest…twice).

]]> By: Jen Gabbard https://puppyintraining.com/where-does-your-dog-sleep-at-night/#comment-299971 Sun, 01 May 2016 01:51:24 +0000 https://puppyintraining.com/?p=21395#comment-299971 Laika gets the couch all to herself at night. I tried letting her sleep in my bed a few times but she sprawls out way too much, and then I’m left in that awkward position of not wanting to wake her up… Oh and she howls in her sleep a couple times a week, that’s sort of a deal breaker.

]]> By: Colby https://puppyintraining.com/where-does-your-dog-sleep-at-night/#comment-298777 Tue, 19 Apr 2016 23:17:31 +0000 https://puppyintraining.com/?p=21395#comment-298777 In reply to Liv.

We’ve been kicked many times in the middle of the night. Linus does the running motion and Stetson will do a Kung Fu kick in the middle of sleep. Stetson hogs the bed and sheets, sheds his coat year round, and the aforementioned Kung Fu kicks yet I can’t imagine sleeping without him and Linus.

Raven and Archer both willingly go to their crates (we keep them open now that they’re both potty and crate trained) in the middle of the night.

]]> By: Liv https://puppyintraining.com/where-does-your-dog-sleep-at-night/#comment-298775 Tue, 19 Apr 2016 23:01:15 +0000 https://puppyintraining.com/?p=21395#comment-298775 Fun topic! I don’t think that I’d get a wink of sleep having our puppy in our bedroom. He snores, sleep barks (which makes me jump), and makes running motions with his feet in his sleep. He has a good bedtime routine and will willingly head to his crate when he’s ready to bed down, although I feel still feel guilty putting him in a crate.

]]> By: Colby https://puppyintraining.com/where-does-your-dog-sleep-at-night/#comment-298452 Sat, 16 Apr 2016 23:54:09 +0000 https://puppyintraining.com/?p=21395#comment-298452 In reply to Jay.

I’m glad you were able to work through your dog’s aggression issues. As I mentioned we have trouble sleeping at night without the dogs.

]]> By: Colby https://puppyintraining.com/where-does-your-dog-sleep-at-night/#comment-298451 Sat, 16 Apr 2016 23:52:28 +0000 https://puppyintraining.com/?p=21395#comment-298451 In reply to Allison.

Awww…she gets the royal treatment!

]]> By: Jay https://puppyintraining.com/where-does-your-dog-sleep-at-night/#comment-298383 Sat, 16 Apr 2016 05:08:11 +0000 https://puppyintraining.com/?p=21395#comment-298383 When we first got our dog he did exhibit aggression on the bed; mostly guarding my husband. I think it took almost a year before he was well-mannered enough for me to feel comfortable allowing him in bed with us. It was something very important to my husband; having the dog sleep with us, and now that we’ve done it for a couple years I see he was SO right. I love having the dog cuddling with us and it’s twice as sweet after all the work we put into his training, like this is our reward. I can’t wait for our new puppy to get old enough to be trusted all night loose so we can cuddle.

]]> By: Allison https://puppyintraining.com/where-does-your-dog-sleep-at-night/#comment-298352 Fri, 15 Apr 2016 15:59:20 +0000 https://puppyintraining.com/?p=21395#comment-298352 Our pet dogs have always slept in the bed at night! Sometimes in their dog bed that’s on the human bed. My dad even tucks his dog in at night. 🙂 Great article!

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