Do you sleep with your yorkie??

[katy-yorkie]

I sleep with both of mine. Neither of them have pee'd on the bed. They have pee'd on the floor around the bed. I have steps for them to get on the bed and a doggie door so now they go out on their own. I don't think they would sleep anywhere else but in bed with me.

[Maximo]

Max slept in his xpen next to my until he was a year old. He felt safe in his pen and insisted on having the gate shut.

When he turned a year old, he decided to sleep in my bed. He is pad trained and jumps off the bed in the morning to go to his pad if he can't wait for me. If he needs to poop, he grunts to wake me up.

What kind of piddle pads do you use? Whether they are disposable or washable, they should be scented to attract the dog and to help them discern the difference between piddle pads and regular materials/household items. The washable piddle pads should be sprayed with a scent -- available at pet stores.

[spiritwings1202]

Originally Posted by capt_noonie

Uni has slept in my bed since day one. I kept a bell on her collar so as soon as i heard her rustle around, I got up and tried to get her to potty. Needless to say, it was a sleepless few weeks, but I was so adamant about her potty training, she was about 75% at around 4-5 months.

Now, if she is not within reach, I still wake up and look for her. Her snores wake me up, then make me fall back asleep. So cute.

I can just picture Uni snoring lol that tiny little thing with a big loud snore

Both of my dogs sleep with me. Pixie didn't until she was around 6 months and it was like she realized Daisy got to sleep with us so she started whining in the crate next to me and I just gave in

[DvlshAngel985]

Originally Posted by vars

Oh wow!!! Well your dogs are really well trained! I think bella is just lazy to go or she prefers the matress i dont know! She prefers to go on the carpet than her pee pads! So thats why i have to keep her where there is no carpet and hardwood floor.
With hardwood floor, she is perfect! but once we let her be in carpet or a bed or something with fabric.. then she stops using her pee ppads and prefers the carpet. I dont know how to break her from that habit!

I can't take all the credit with Kaji. His breeder sent him already potty trained outside. I just curbed his marking and when our needs changed from outside to piddle pads, ok... that was all me.

Do you watch her and correct her when she goes inside on carpets or anything fabric?

[RemydeHaviland]

Remy sleeps with us. Did not at first (we got him at 6 months) but did shortly thereafter. Never had an accident in bed. He jumps on my chest or Jack's in the morning and taps my face with his paws to wake us up. Sometimes cute, sometimes not so cute

And he definitely snores! He is also a spooner. If I am sleeping on my side, he will curl up against my back.

We are out for our potty walk between 6am - 7am everyday. He is very, very good at holding it and has been since he was little.
I think we got lucky

[efblair]

Originally Posted by vars

Well.. I was curious if anybody sleeps with their yorkie because when I first got Bella, I didnt. I was scared of moving and smothering her or something.. so i prefered to put her in a her bed and stay safe there. Then one day, my hubby was gone for work and i decided to sleep with her and have some company.. Everything seemed fine for the first nights but then she started peeing in my bed!!! She uses pee pads and sometimes, she thingks the bed, couches, carpet or anything with fabric is equal to pee pads.. soo since then i had to put her back to her bed and sleep alone.
Does someone has had this problem too????

[BellaNean]

I let Hannah sleep with my sometimes, seems to be more and more lately. She has never peed on my bed, if she has to go she will jump off it and go on her potty pad but usually she waits until i wake up to take her out.

[reeses]

haha oh yea...the furbabies sleep in the bed with us and umm lets say they have first say on where they want to sleep! LOL!! If we try to move them they look at us like "yea right" and beat us back to the spot! LOL!!

[Britster]

Jackson has been sleeping in my bed since around 16-17 weeks old. He started in a crate but I always had to place the crate on my bed anyways, LOL. The 1st time he slept thru the night was when I allowed him to sleep on the bed so ever since... that's where he's been! I wouldn't have it any other way.

[seraphina]

does any one else have a probelm with their partner and their puppy. my husband is a big guy (6'0 245) he always fears he will squish the baby in the bed or get him trapped in the covers. i personally dont have a problem with bailey sleeping with us but he is just worried about hurting him. most nights bailey cuddles behind my knees or between my legs but some nights he cuddles behind zacks legs. do you think putting a bell on him would work like someone mentioned above or should we put him on the floor until hes bigger?

[Tessa Arnold]

Originally Posted by vars

Well.. I was curious if anybody sleeps with their yorkie because when I first got Bella, I didnt. I was scared of moving and smothering her or something.. so i prefered to put her in a her bed and stay safe there. Then one day, my hubby was gone for work and i decided to sleep with her and have some company.. Everything seemed fine for the first nights but then she started peeing in my bed!!! She uses pee pads and sometimes, she thingks the bed, couches, carpet or anything with fabric is equal to pee pads.. soo since then i had to put her back to her bed and sleep alone.
Does someone has had this problem too????

I only nap with Jackson. He gets into trouble when he's awake and i'm not. If I get up early enough I open his gate from his room, the bathroom, and if he crawls under the covers he gets to stay, if he decides to grab a toy we play and he goes back to his room to his own bed, or whatever he wants to do. He likes to drag papers off the tv stand and get into stuff he shouldn't i have put away everything I possibly can and he still finds something to grab. I figure in about 6 more months he might be able to sleep with us all night. He is almost 7 month old now and he can be the spawn of satan, lol He has peed on the bed before, but thats when he couldn't get down. Now he has a box to jump on to get up and down.

[efblair]

Well I would never sleep with my Baby's.They both sleep in our bedroom in there own little dens.There very comfy and never complain.Iknow of a familey member that slept with there baby for years then one night he fell out of bed and has suffered damage to his back legs.It was nerve damage,he can not stand on his hind legs now.How bad things can happen in a seconds.not worth risking the pain for your baby or you.Let your baby sleep where you know it will be safe.
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[Tessa Arnold]

Originally Posted by efblair

Well I would never sleep with my Baby's.They both sleep in our bedroom in there own little dens.There very comfy and never complain.Iknow of a familey member that slept with there baby for years then one night he fell out of bed and has suffered damage to his back legs.It was nerve damage,he can not stand on his hind legs now.How bad things can happen in a seconds.not worth risking the pain for your baby or you.Let your baby sleep where you know it will be safe.
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luckily my bed is not on a frame and if he fell off, like he has before he'd land on the ground before you could say "wake up" when we get a real bed its 100% your own bed for him, LOL

[seraphina]

the only thing about bailey not sleeping in our bed is he will cry. ALOT and its gets louder the more we ignore him. i try to ignore his wimpering but he wont stop until he gets picked up. he wont even sleep on the bed we got him. as soon as hes on the bed he passes right out. should i continue to ignore his cries? im considering getting him a crate in 1-2 days.

[Britster]

Originally Posted by efblair

Well I would never sleep with my Baby's.They both sleep in our bedroom in there own little dens.There very comfy and never complain.Iknow of a familey member that slept with there baby for years then one night he fell out of bed and has suffered damage to his back legs.It was nerve damage,he can not stand on his hind legs now.How bad things can happen in a seconds.not worth risking the pain for your baby or you.Let your baby sleep where you know it will be safe.
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I'm sorry about your family members baby. But my whole life, my entire immediate family has slept with their dogs (big & small) and nothing has happened. A dog can also run into a wall, hurt their head and die (it happened on here) but that doesn't mean you shouldn't let your dog run around your house and carry them all day. We risk our lives every day when we walk out the door. So I don't think just because people are letting their dogs sleep in their bed means they're risking their lives and risking pain for our dogs. I also think it's totally perfectly great to let a dog sleep in it's own pen or den too.