My girls OWN our bed, we are allowed to share with them lol... No seriously, i sleep a LOT better since we have them sleep in the bed with us, it's so "cosy" hehehe :p

We tried to crate train Lola, but to no avail. We let her sleep with us at first because we worried that she might get cold since she was so small. Now we feel like we have grown use to it and it works. As for the intimacy issue, it has definitely been affected. My boyfriend calls her CB ( this is an xxx-rated nickname.) I would tell you what it stands for but I realize there are some young viewers on YT. ;) When we are intimate we put her on the ground and she likes to bark because she feels left out. It is annoying, but what can you do.

No explaination needed...we are smarter than you think ;)

You crack me up Deb! ;)

See..... I would looove for our yorkie Cindy to sleep with us, But hubby will NOT allow it. :( He says he does not want to get poo'd or pee'd on. He's not as much an animal lover as I am. He likes her allright I guess, just not in our bed. I have waited until he's gone to sleep and snuck (is that a word) lol. her into bed with me a few times, no accidents yet! Ha! Ha! I'd be in alot of trouble, but I've allready gotta story.... blame his cat!! :D

Zoe can't sleep with me because she spooks at night. Every little noise sends her running through the house barking her head off. So I keep her in her large pen at night. I love sleeping with Pixie though (my chi). The only problem there is that she will hop down from the bed in the night and leave me a few yucky surprises to clean up in the morning. So I usually just put her in with Zoe.

Nuki sleeps in our bed too. It doesn't seem to create any problems and we like having her with us.

Abigail the Official Bed Warmer
 

Sorry.......I have read countless articles on all the facts but that's what I bought both of my Babies for to be Official Bed warmers. My male Artie only slept with me the first 3 months that I had him and then he eventually grew out of it, now he sleeps on the floor or in one of the wicker dog beds @ the bottom of my side of the bed. Abigail my female is a little over a year old and she sleeps in between our legs or right up against our back. Actually any where she can squeeze in? A queen size bed is not big enough! :aimeeyork
But as far as "Pack Leader" and their "Training" I do not have any problems with them and If I do it has nothing to do with sleeping with us?
I used to have sleeping problems, but once we go to "Bedtime" and we are all settled in nothing moves, we are all asleep! Unless they hear an unusual noise they are on guard. You will know if there is an intruder. But I will say that I have other Breeds of Dogs, from a Rottweiler to a Labrador Retreiver and I never let them sleep with me in my bed! IMO I think it's a problem with the larger breeds, it is alot harder to dominate them so I'm sure that applied to them. Plus my Yorkie's are very clean compared to an outdoor pet.

Cookie sleeps with us every night. He has his own bed at the foot of our bed.
Last night Cookie decided that mom and dad were moving around too much in his King size bed so he decided to go down the steps along our bed and went to sleep on his own bed! My hubby woke up and asked me to bring him to bed but I told him if Cookie wanted to sleep in his own bed then let him! lol
So he slept the whole night cuddled in his bed and at 6:30 am when daddy left to work ,Cookie came up the bed steps and slept with mommy for another half hour :)

Lola should be ready to sleep with us in about another 3-4 months! She's the warmest little thing ever! Right now she doesnt know how to use the steps to go down and pee on the pad.

Genie

when i took bunjee to obedience class the trainer told us it's okay for the dog to be in bed with the human, so long as the human is in control of when the dog is allowed on the human bed. so now bunjee sleeps with me in my bed most of the time. but when i tell him "OFF", he gets off. when i tell him "GO TO BED" he goes to HIS bed, not mine.

The first night Twinkle worked her way on the bed, my husband woke me up and said "wendy - you really need to shave your legs - theyre really hairy!" She was there - right under the duvet! Now when my husband works nights I have her with me, she has her own pillow, and sleeps with her head on it - really cute!:p :p :p

Pippa sleeps with me and i love it

Ditto! I can't sleep without them! although both of them started sleeping with me the day I brought them home. If one is missing I go looking! but usually my
entourage is always at my feet, sami more so than tilly, but that's my fault
I have them so spoiled..:rolleyes:

Bridget has slept with me since the day I brought her home. I can't sleep if she's not there, she's so cuddly I love it! I came home from a business trip the other night and went and picked her up from my moms at midnight cause I missed her so much and couldn't sleep without her!

Snickers has slept with us ever since he was potty trained. Baxter prefers his own bed most of the night, but will wake us up around 6ish to snuggle in bed. I love the way Snickers snuggles up against me. It feels so good to make him feel safe and secure. They like to sleep between us, so we are usually crunched on the edge, and always wake up stiff and achy! But we wouldn't want it any other way..lol:)