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I don't have any dogs, but if I did, they would not be allowed in bed. That sounds unsanitary.
As I said in my reply to this post, in my family, it is as natural as ducks in a pond.......but being around here on the Net, I've seen opinions of how odd (to put it nicely).
The thing I find funny is that no matter where I start sleeping, I always wake up balancing on the edge of the (queen) bed, with the dog taking up the rest of the space. She's only a miniature poodle, so how does that happen. Every. Single. Night
I have a king bed, and I use a "blanket system". I have three blankets over my top sheet, with the BedSure (pet-proof) on top. The dogs are only allowed on that top blanket. They know it, and when I've moved that blanket off my side (because it's very hot), they move. I rarely have to say, "Scoot." They do not encroach on my side.
I have duplicates of each blanket so that when I'm washing one set I have the other ready. My room is also the one where the doggie door is, and where they are watered and fed, so unless it is raining, they have access to that room all the time. That BedSure has saved my sheets so many times.
I have the other blankets (a thicker velour-like one, and a cotton basketweave) because sometimes I like it cold and I snuggle under the covers, but otherwise I move that blanket over too and only have the light cotton one.
The thing I find funny is that no matter where I start sleeping, I always wake up balancing on the edge of the (queen) bed, with the dog taking up the rest of the space. She's only a miniature poodle, so how does that happen. Every. Single. Night
This reminded me of a book from the sixties by Jacqueline Susann called "Every Night, Josephine!" I must have read that book five or six times as a kid. Josephine is the black standard poodle who comes into their lives and changes it in so many wonderful ways.
Lots of background anecdotes about the celebrities of the time. Nothing scandalous - just fun stuff!
I have two dogs. They're allowed ON the bed, but not IN it. (They can lay on the comforter but not the pillows or sheets). The smaller dog sleeps at the foot of the bed; the larger dog sleeps in his dog bed next to us. It works for us.
Our min-pin/dachshund has to sleep under the covers. She waits until we are both in bed and then burrows her way down to our feet, where she stays. All night. She watches TV the same way - under her blanky. OK, she can't watch it, but she is always right with us.
Her Great Pyrenees sister gets on the bed from time to time, but feels better standing guard in the living room. She has a "WOOF!" that would make Jack The Ripper wet his pants.
I don't have any dogs, but if I did, they would not be allowed in bed. That sounds unsanitary.
Never understood this. A housedog shares more than a bed and they have the same biological needs/functions the resident humans do. They also track the outdoors in, just like the humans do. Any "germs" in or on the dog are probably present everywhere. I don't know anyone who doesn't groom & bathe their dog to remove their more "unsanitary" aspects, who doesn't housetrain them or allows them to eat on furniture. There are all sorts of bed coverings that help manage dog hair/dander. Then there's laundry. Don't know about you, but I wash my bedding regularly! Thank goodness I'll never be a germaphobe!
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but I'll take my chances with my dogs
