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Originally Posted by BlueBelle  Both Bella & Sophie sleep with us and it is all my DHs fault. They were perfectly happy in their crates but he kept with the "let them lay here just for a little while" to "aw leave them here they are so comfortable"  |
LOL the same thing happened here, our last dog Kirby slept in between us with his head on the pillow spooning my husband, sometimes he would burrow down under the covers. I am a fitful sleeper and this made me nervous because he was only around 4 lbs and I did not want to roll over on him. When we got Lola I told the DH she is sleeping in a crate in our room. It worked well for several months, Lola was very happy there until my husband kept bringing her on the bed, so now she sleeps with us, but she likes her own space and seems to prefer when I put one of her flat type of beds at the bottom of our bed. So now she sleeps on her bed which is on our bed
I also have a set of pair stairs and was excided when she learned to use them, however that soon changed. The top of my bed had been a safe haven for my stuff since it was out of reach of Lola's prying little paws
I would set my purse on the bed, lay clothes out, unpack shopping bags, fold laundry, and so forth, well that came to an end since Lola was now pulling everything out and grabbing anything she could. After the bed was made she would get back up there with slimy chew toys and bones, hiding them under my decorative pillows then scratching like crazy to dig them up. Making the bed was a challenge and hoot because she thought it was a game, especially when it came time to change the sheets. While the stairs where there she would not settle down at lights out. She started getting off the bed, looking for a toy to bring back up to squeak, so we had to make sure all toys were off the floor of the bedroom and the door closed, I would put her back in bed, but back down she would go pacing the room frantically panting looking for a toy
. I finally had to remove the stairs because I felt it was getting dangerous, Lola is always in hurry so she would climb up the stairs but started jumping off the bed to get down, and since she like dropping her toy off the side of the bed she started jumping down a lot. Not only did I have to move the stairs, but also a hope chest that was at the foot of the bed because that was her landing pad when climbing up the stairs. She had discovered that she could bypass the steps and jump up and down from the chest. Now the chest and stairs are across the room in front of window and she has a bed on top of that so she goes there during the day to look outside. It's funny how those stairs completely changed our bed time routine, so think twice before giving your pup easy access to your bed with pet steps