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Originally Posted by gracielove  Gracie sleeps with me on my bed. She has since the first night I had her at home with me. All of my small dogs have slept on the bed. They have needed ways to climb up there. I purchased pet steps for Gracie when she was finally big enough to use them. As a puppy she usually slept through the night. If she got up I would take her to her pee pad.
When I had larger dogs they would sleep in my bedroom in thier own beds. A Collie we had years ago was having trouble with not waiting to potty in the moring so we tethered her to the door of the bedroom with her bed there to sleep in at night. It stopped the accidents during the night and after she was old enough to go free at night she kept sleeping in the bedroom.
I have always trained my dogs in a way that they could eventually have free run of the house. When they are trustworthy enough to be free in the house they usually want to be where you are. So my bedroom has been quite crowded at times over the years between the cats and the dogs. |
We would love to be able to get to the point that Ryman can sleep wherever he wants and have the free run of the house..dont think he's going to big enough to be able to get up the stairs but never say never ..