My dogs always slept in the bed with me but lately I am getting a little tired of it each night. We have two yorkies and a bull terrier. Blankets get hogged as well as pillows and to make matters worse my daughter likes to come in the bed too so it's hard to get a good nights sleep. We love cuddles so we save it to some bed time cuddles and then every one goes into their own beds in their rooms. My bull terrier sleeps in her crate and the yorkies have beds in their "room" and I put a gate up at the door of the laundry room because it is very large. I leave their food, water and pads out to use as well as their beds. They wined a bit the first night or two but we said good night and they went to sleep. Now they only will cry in the morning. They are always so excited to say good morning now