Dog Bed vs. Human Bed

[Boxergirl]

I hope I can get Logan that way. He has chilled out a bit with it. But still when he gets those zoomies, he goes after her to play. She is doing well with dealing w him, but I do intervene. Now when he gets going and doesn't want to stop, I leash him.

I have no doubt that you've got this covered. I know a lot of people may disagree with me, but I think raising well behaved, respectful dogs isn't much different than raising well behaved, respectful kids. Fair rules, boundaries, fair expectations, and tailoring everything to the individual. I also believe that kids and dogs are alike in that they both do what works. There was a reason my home was known by parents/owners of children/dogs as Auntie K's or Auntie Mom's boot camp. Lol. And you know what? They all loved coming here and not one of them, child or dog ever failed to meet my expectations.

Yeah, you've got this. I look forward to seeing the wonderful companion Logan ends up being.

 

[April Nicole]

I have no doubt that you've got this covered. I know a lot of people may disagree with me, but I think raising well behaved, respectful dogs isn't much different than raising well behaved, respectful kids. Fair rules, boundaries, fair expectations, and tailoring everything to the individual. I also believe that kids and dogs are alike in that they both do what works. There was a reason my home was known by parents/owners of children/dogs as Auntie K's or Auntie Mom's boot camp. Lol. And you know what? They all loved coming here and not one of them, child or dog ever failed to meet my expectations.

Yeah, you've got this. I look forward to seeing the wonderful companion Logan ends up being.

Thanks so much for the kind words and encouragement Boxergirl!!

 

[Steven C]

I hope I can get Logan that way. He has chilled out a bit with it. But still when he gets those zoomies, he goes after her to play. She is doing well with dealing w him, but I do intervene. Now when he gets going and doesn't want to stop, I leash him.

Leash him up, Leerburg is the thing when it comes to these types. I still to this day at 11 months have to leash her up oh and the zoomies do not subside, they get more intense. We have had to move the bottles of wine we leave on the dinner table and candles. As she feels the need to go through tunnels and slam into walls across the house, my DDB zoomies were childs play in comparison.

Leashing up in the house was one of the best things to learn.

 

[Pastor Dave]

Hey April....someone here explained about that pink toe...it has something to do with the hair on the toe and you might notice that the hair, unlike the other toes, is mostly white on that "pink toe." The color of the toenail seems to match the hair on that particular toe. Thanks for thinking Chev is a handsome dog. He is a wonderfully loving and affectionate dog, now 3 years old. But, yes, that pink toe sure sticks out. Chev is, for some reason, not much of a drooler, but gets wet on his lips after drinking some water....and boy, does he drink !! Poor Coal has to put up with a nearly empty water dish and some crumbs unless we change the water for him. Chev is with me in the computer room right now, sawing logs and pretty much shaking the paint off the walls. Have a great day, all.

 

[Bailey's Mom]

I'll be the odd one out. My dogs sleep with us. Not all at the same time, but the boys one night and Ella another. We actually take the pups to be with us once we know they can be crated overnight so they learn to be good sleepers. They're also allowed on the furniture. If they're asked to get off, they get off.

I'M WITH YOU! When we brought Bailey home, she was three months old. Still a wonderful yippy-yappy armful, and I indulged myself with hugging and snuggling on the floor and (against my husband's say so...) at first on my chest as I lay on the bed...and then, you know, one foot on the bed and then laying beside me and then bed hogging and kicking my husband out, and now...Now, I can't sleep without her. I Love Sleeping With My Mastiff! If we had a larger master bedroom that would accommodate a king-sized bed, all three of us would happily sleep together. Well...not quite true. Jon would have to come and join us after his movie-fest in the next room. Jon's a night owl and movie freak and I'm not. So the dog, who will happily go to bed when mom wants, she's the one that shares the bed with me.

Now there are times when Jon and I want to watch something together in the early evening or early morning (I PVR all the talk shows) and we all three squeeze into a double bed. The 130 lb princess knows that her place is third...Mommy is Alpha, Daddy is the 2 I/C and She's the Princess. Both my husband and my Mastiff snore, but...truth to tell, her snoring is so cute and puts me to sleep...Jon's snoring is nasty and disruptive (even he knows this!) He also kicks like a mule! Whereas Bailey just runs in her sleep and sometimes whimpers and on the odd occasion she has what seems to be a nightmare, BUT, Mommy is there to make it all better.

All of our family dogs have been allowed to sleep with us though some proportion of them would come up for a snuggle and then disappear under the bed or out into the living room where it was cooler. Bailey HATED her crate...and no amount of deep comfortable cushions would change her mind. Three feet away from me was too much for her. I don't miss the bulky crate in my bedroom, but I would miss the Mastiff in my bed. I love her "snor-full-ing" that's what I call the snoring/snuffling/grunting noise she makes when we roll over or come back to bed, it's delightful!

As for the mess? Come on...humans are messy (woman's perspective) and dogs they are too. I wash the sheets once a week...so, I also wash the comforter...big deal. The bigger deal for me is when she steals the sheets. I still don't know how she does it, but when I come back from the bathroom, I invariably have not enough sheets or blankets to cover myself. Grrr! But when told to move, she does and I climb back in and go to sleep.

And this morning....ah....such happiness.... I got to sleep in after a particularly arduous day at work and when I woke up, Bailey had crawled up almost to my face and was pressed into me for warmth. She did the snorfulling noise as I curled around her and she welcomed the light coverlet that I threw over her. It had been a cold night and the house was quite cool. We stayed snuggled up for about an hour, and, for me, it was a magical time with my girl; half in and out of sleep, snorfulling every now and then as I caressed her. So much in the world is wrong and ugly, but snuggling with my girl starts my day off right. I suppose part of it is that I feel so very blessed to have her. We almost didn't get her. Life is good with a Mastiff, even a bed hogging one. Somehow it is just right.

 

[Nik]

I'M WITH YOU! When we brought Bailey home, she was three months old. Still a wonderful yippy-yappy armful, and I indulged myself with hugging and snuggling on the floor and (against my husband's say so...) at first on my chest as I lay on the bed...and then, you know, one foot on the bed and then laying beside me and then bed hogging and kicking my husband out, and now...Now, I can't sleep without her. I Love Sleeping With My Mastiff! If we had a larger master bedroom that would accommodate a king-sized bed, all three of us would happily sleep together. Well...not quite true. Jon would have to come and join us after his movie-fest in the next room. Jon's a night owl and movie freak and I'm not. So the dog, who will happily go to bed when mom wants, she's the one that shares the bed with me.

Now there are times when Jon and I want to watch something together in the early evening or early morning (I PVR all the talk shows) and we all three squeeze into a double bed. The 130 lb princess knows that her place is third...Mommy is Alpha, Daddy is the 2 I/C and She's the Princess. Both my husband and my Mastiff snore, but...truth to tell, her snoring is so cute and puts me to sleep...Jon's snoring is nasty and disruptive (even he knows this!) He also kicks like a mule! Whereas Bailey just runs in her sleep and sometimes whimpers and on the odd occasion she has what seems to be a nightmare, BUT, Mommy is there to make it all better.

All of our family dogs have been allowed to sleep with us though some proportion of them would come up for a snuggle and then disappear under the bed or out into the living room where it was cooler. Bailey HATED her crate...and no amount of deep comfortable cushions would change her mind. Three feet away from me was too much for her. I don't miss the bulky crate in my bedroom, but I would miss the Mastiff in my bed. I love her "snor-full-ing" that's what I call the snoring/snuffling/grunting noise she makes when we roll over or come back to bed, it's delightful!

As for the mess? Come on...humans are messy (woman's perspective) and dogs they are too. I wash the sheets once a week...so, I also wash the comforter...big deal. The bigger deal for me is when she steals the sheets. I still don't know how she does it, but when I come back from the bathroom, I invariably have not enough sheets or blankets to cover myself. Grrr! But when told to move, she does and I climb back in and go to sleep.

And this morning....ah....such happiness.... I got to sleep in after a particularly arduous day at work and when I woke up, Bailey had crawled up almost to my face and was pressed into me for warmth. She did the snorfulling noise as I curled around her and she welcomed the light coverlet that I threw over her. It had been a cold night and the house was quite cool. We stayed snuggled up for about an hour, and, for me, it was a magical time with my girl; half in and out of sleep, snorfulling every now and then as I caressed her. So much in the world is wrong and ugly, but snuggling with my girl starts my day off right. I suppose part of it is that I feel so very blessed to have her. We almost didn't get her. Life is good with a Mastiff, even a bed hogging one. Somehow it is just right.

Kahlua is the bed hog and blanket theirlf in our house. Usually Diesel is very polite and curls in a nice ball at my feet. Kahlua sprawls out and tries to take every inch of space. Must be a girl thing. My husband tells me I do the same and that him and Diesel just get tiny corners of the bed.

 

[DennasMom]

Denna does the 'snake dance'... circling around in the middle of the bed, and invariably SCOOPS the covers right off of me... She's worse than the spouse!

 

[Bailey's Mom]

In my house we all sleep together. It absolutely takes some careful arranging (to make sure I get my place in the bed first), but there have absolutely been some mornings where getting out of bed felt like I was being birthed and nights where I have slept at the headboard because everyone was all cuddled up and cute and I didn't have the heart to make everyone move so I could get in.

I will say though that my dogs don't start out with or assume these privileges. Maybe I'm mean, but in the beginning I want them to ask permission (sit, watch me, and wait for me to invite them up). I also want to know that when I tell them off, they will get off.

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LOOKS FAMILIAR: When my daughter lived with us and her two dogs...add mine, makes three, every morning it was a free-for-all for space. I was squished with LOVE!

 

[TWW]

Bought a bed with Trish and Mouse in mind.
It's as wide as you get lol.

 

[Pastor Dave]

I love my dogs .... obviously, so do you !!! Chev is doing his "schoolboy" attack on the more mature Mr. Coal.

 

[Pastor Dave]

Chev is so cute. I love his big ears... oh, and his pink toenail.

Hey April....the first post and pic I put on this site regarding Mr. Chev, someone wrote, "....and look at those ears." When younger, he did seem to be "all ears." Thanks for noticing. Chev is here in the computer room snoring away right now. Dogs!!!