Strawb doesn't sleep with me for the nighttime bulk, but she is allowed up on my bed in the evening and the morning to cuddle and nap! She has her own way up and down to come and go as she pleases. I so don't care and have never worried about it. I figure she is family now and she can use any furniture and go anywhere in our house as long as she follows the main rule 'Thou shall not eliminate inside unless it is in the toilet and if you can manage that, then great'!

She does all her business outside, but it is my front yard and I guess I just don't worry about what is out there. :S I am not gross...we touch far worse things when we handle money or touch buttons in elevators, etc! HAHAHA! Let's not stress about that! Hah! She cleans herself like a good girl and I bath her once a week and anytime she gets messy. I just make sure I wash my sheets every weekend too and then we are both comfy and clean! Well...as clean as we can be without being compulsive about it!