Mashed Potatoes Anyone?

[chachi]

Ours started sleeping with us when they were 4 and 5 months old. They move when we move. They really spread themselves out.

[yorkieusa]

I've had tiny puppies sleep in my bed since I was a little girl and haven't squished any yet.

[Latuya]

I can't sleep with my Gus. I am fearfull that I will mash him too. I'm sure it is safe and he would get out of the way, but I just don't get a good nights sleep. I do keep him in a small crate right next to me at night. As long as he's right next to me we both happy and sleep tight!

[Cookie2]

Cookie has been sleeping with us for a long time now. He always curls up right against me. As long as he feels my body touching his back he's knocked out the entire night until I wake up. We now have a king size bed and there's lots of room for him. He still prefers to lay right against me. I try to sneak to the other side of the bed sometimes and he gets up immediately ,walks over to me and plops down right next to me and continues sleeping. I'm a light sleeper unless I'm exhausted and go to bed at 3 am! lol
I worried for the first month that we would smother him in the middle of the night because at the time he was only like 2 lbs.

Genie

[dianne]

Originally Posted by Snow Yorkies

I might get some negitive responses to this, but I have 7 yorkies. And I used to sleep in our spare room, so the dogs could sleep with me. My husband doesn't want to share the bed with the dogs. He wasn't a fan of seprate beds either. So he will allow one dog in the bed at a time. So everyone get a turn to sleep with us. When it isn't their turn I do kennel them at nite. Since they are den animals, they do go to their own kennels and put themselves up for the night. They all have their favorite blankee's in their kennels. All I have to do is shut the doors at night except for who ever's turn it is for bed privledges that night. I personally don't like to kennel, but they like it and I do feel in case of fire or other emergency that may happen in the middle of the night I would be able to locate all my babies and bring them to safety if need be. If I have a female about to whelp I do still retire to the spare room, so in the middle of the night they will be able to wake me in the event of puppies coming, this has worked great for me in the past.

Sue I did so enjoy reading your post and Im with you 100% I slept with prudence on a mattress on the lounge floor for about 2 months for 2 reasons I didnt want her falling off the bed and I had the fire going (it was the middle of winter here) now she is in our bed.My husband is really understanding and If I had as many dogs as you I would do the same as you.I loved reading your post. dianne and prudence

[KarriAnn]

I have let Maddie sleep with me since she was 4 months old. At first I would put her to bed in her crate so she is used to it when I am not there and also she needed to go out during the night. After I brought her out, she'd be in my bed. Now she sleeps right through the night (and sleeps in longer) with me. I don't worry about rolling on her - she's a bed hog

[shecass]

Originally Posted by red98vett

Mine have slept with me since I got them - as a mother I guess we have built in NON-SQUASH antennas....I loved it -

but I wouldn't advise everyone to sleep with their puppies if they are heavy sleepers ....then I would be afraid they could get hurt or smothered.

I'm an extremely light sleeper and when Cheri was little she stayed in the same spot under my chin and would wake me up when she needed to pee.

I agree. Mollie has always woke me up since we got her @ 9 1/2 wks and she has slept with us ever since. She would lick me in the face. Now she just woofs at me when it's time to go out.

She has never been squashed. They move if they need too.

[tartisst]

No girl! They kinda start out at the foot of the bed. Coty would wind up next to me on the pillow. But most times they jump off the bed (via their stool) and sleep on the beds next to my bed.

The best is when they are on the bed and my two boys are there with us in the morning. We had to get a king-sized bed a couple of years ago.

[dsf3]

When we first got Kodi he slept in his crate because my husband didn't want him in bed with us. Then we took him on vacation and he had to sleep with us because we didn't have his crate and his travel carrier was too small to keep him in over nite. When we returned from vacation we started putting him in his crate again at nite. He would wake us up around 6 am to go out. After I took him out we would let him into bed to play until we had to get up for work. Guess what...he started needing to pee earlier and earlier because he knew that after he went out he could get in our bed. I finally convinced my husband that he would sleep all nite if he slept with us. So of course he now sleeps with us every nite and doesn't wake us until the alarm goes off in the morning. He mostly sleeps at the end of the bed, but sometimes ends up next to me or on our pillows. It's too funny when we wake up in the morning with a "Kodi hat" because he is sleeping on top of our head on the pillow.

[yorkieusa]

That's funny! I can still remember the first night I had Muffin. I woke up the next morning and she was wrapped around the top of my head.

[RowdysMom]

Like so many of you - I was so afraid that I would squish Rowdy in the bed - he was only 1.3 lbs when we got him. He slept in a crate right by our bed. He would woof when he needed to go outside, but pretty soon, he started sleeping through the night. Unlike some of you, my hubby really wanted him to sleep with us but I was so afraid. I would put him in our bed and go to sleep, only to wake up or check on him a jillion times in a couple of hours. He moved around a lot so everytime I'd wake up and he'd be in a different spot, I would panic. I'd end up moving him to his crate after a couple of hours so that I could sleep. Finally, I made it through the night and now, he sleeps with us all night long. He still moved around in the bed a lot but I found the solution to that. We thought maybe he was cold so we put a small flannel blanket between our pillows (where he would sometimes sleep) but he didn't seem to want to sleep on it. Then I got the bright idea of taking the Sponge Bob Square Pants fleece blanket (yes, Sponge Bob!) out of his kennel and I put it between our pillows. That was the ticket - he knows that is his blanket and he sleeps on it every night now - except for the occasional Rowdy hat!

[kara]

I didn't know that your pets weren't supposed to sleep in the bed with you! Since before I can remember I have had one kind of pet or another, a cat, my little Smooshie bunny, bird, and of course as many dogs as can fit!!!!! Matise weighed a little ofer 2 lbs. when we got him, 3 lbs. now but he has slept in the bed since day one. I am a light sleeper and so is my husband so I guess it is safer than us being heavy sleepers. But you know, Matise is a heavy sleeper and usually doesn't wake up when we move lucky for him!

[txshopper73]

Well, I'm sure they get out of the way when they see mom's big ass rolling towards them! No, I've never squashed one.

[red98vett]

Originally Posted by txshopper73

Well, I'm sure they get out of the way when they see mom's big ass rolling towards them! No, I've never squashed one.

LMAO !! You're toooooooooo funny !

[Francie]

[QUOTE=txshopper73]Well, I'm sure they get out of the way when they see mom's big ass rolling towards them! No, I've never squashed one.


LOL...Hahahaha!...nice visual Txshopper!


Francie