Sleeping in my bed
 

I have three Yorkies and my little Biewer Boy Schatz. Maybe I am just lucky they all slept with me from day one and I can remember only one accident from my frist Yorkie Saydie, but she wasn't well at the time. Had a bit of a fever. I do wake up when one of them moves around and place them on the paper next to my bed and they go potty and get back up in bed.

Cozy has slept in bed with me almost since I got her. Since she was not soiling her crate I put her in bed with me one night and she stayed locked to me all night. I can crate her during the day as long as I am not home otherwise she wants to be attached to me. She is a mommy's girl.

I put Tj up in the bed with me at about 2 and a half months i built a little ramp (everyone makes fun of me!!) it is a bunch of pillows and blankets between the wall and the bed and he has a peepee pad in the bedroom the door stays shut he didnt get the run of the house until recently (5 mo) but he would go up and down the ramp to go potty and never had an accident. the bedroom door stays shut during the day and he knows that when we go into the bedroom it is sleepy time not play time. hope all works out. i love cuddling at night it is a great reward after a long day!

I was a wimp, she slept with me from day one
 

I did, she never peed in the bed. She would cry to get down, and I would take her to her puppy pad or outside. It made potty training easier. She was potty trained, really fast But, now she hates being in her crate..so be careful what you decide.

Johnny Cash is not even 6 months. For the first two weeks I had him, I put his crate up on the nightstand and he slept in it with the door closed, next to me. By the third week, he was sleeping in the bed. He has never ONCE urinated on the bed. {knock on wood}

The potty training book that I read made a point of stating that when dogs are asleep, their bodily functions slow down....which is why they don't have to go to the bathroom when sleeping for 8 hours as often as they do when they are awake for 8 hours. I'm a night owl, so I don't go to bed until midnight. I usually wake up at 5:45AM to get ready for work. So, Cash can usually sleep through the night and will wake me around 5:30AM (15 more minutes PLEASE...just 15 more minutes!!) licking my face or as he likes to do....literally digging into my head ( :rolls eyes: ) to let me know he has to go NOW DAMMIT, NOW!!!!

Tahoe is a different story. I don't know if anyone else has experienced this with their dog, but I have caught Tahoe doing something unusual and I'm not even sure it's what I think it is. I will wake up really early to the sound of Tahoe licking himself. I have drawn the conclusion that he is peeing a little at a time and drinking it. (Gross, I know) Obviously, I don't encourage this so I get up and let him out, but I'm pretty sure he picked that up along the way. (He's 14 and I adopted him at 10.)


~ Kelly