Boy, I feel like I'm constantly asking for advice lately!

Here goes.. Has anyone successfully retrained their dog to sleep in their own bed on the floor instead of on their/owners bed? Nugget (6mth JRT) has slept on our bed since day 1, lets just say we haven't had a full nights sleep since December 28th He is a master fidgeter, and moves up down and around, under the covers, on top of the covers, on my pillow, off my pillow, practically all night.

Every single dog i have had since childhood has slept on my bed with me, and i have never had this trouble. They just lay down at the end of the bed and slept there all night.

Tonight i am going to make a soft comfy bed on the floor next to me, and that is where i want him to sleep from now on. I don't have a crate, and won't use one.

I'm expecting to get him off my bed 50 times tonight, as he will try, being the stubborn and persistant little thing that he is.

So, has anyone managed to get their dogs off their bed and into their own? Do I have days/weeks of trouble ahead of me?

Fact is once you've allow this, sleeping up on your bed, you are going to have your work cut out to stop this.   And you would have done best to use a crate alongside your bed for him to be in overnight - to keep him out of mischief and danger while you are sleeping.   It may be a tad too late to get him to happily go in one now much as I really think you might try.   If you cover the top and sides it makes a nice safe den which most dogs have no problems with.   Mine line up to go in their crates at night as all mine have done over the years after, having allowed our first two Bassets to be up on our bed with us (yes, right!) we decided enough was enough.

I guess you can just keep on trying - or perhaps even banish him from your bedroom at all at night now he's that bit older.   So he can't get up there when you are sleeping!!

I have seen things like this on Victoria Stillwell's - It's Me Or The Dog. Some have been surprisingly easy to retrain & sometimes its more the case of the owner has more problems with it than the dog.

I am going to dig my heels in on this one! I have made the taj mahals of beds for him, i have also bought some bed time bonios that he can only have once he's on his bed.

It's almost bed time here, and I'm all psyched up for a looong night of the battle of the wills lol He might surprise me, and do as he's told. Hmmmm we shall see 

I really think that you're going to struggle. I would say to anyone who is reading this and are about to get their first pup - don't have your pup in the bedroom. On the first night your pup is home put it where you want it to sleep for the rest of its life, and ride it out !
I had my pup in a cage next to my bed. Then she was too hot in the cage during summer so I let her wander the bedroom but left the cage open for sleep. She decided to stretch out on the carpet instead. Then she grew big enough to jump on the bed, and 6 years later she's still there - regretfully.
If I put her downstairs now she would bark and whine so much I'd get complaints. If I'd let her ride it out as a pup she would have settled.

I've tried making her sleep on her bed but she just lies there waiting for me to go to sleep, then jumps up. I was knackered so gave in.
I really hope someone comes along with a miracle for us both !!

It's worth actually training him to go to bed before bedtime. Using rewards & a clicker you can teach him to"go to bed"

She put a baby gate on the bedroom door so he could see the owner. It worked quite quickly as I remember

If you don't like crates try a pen or put up a baby gate so he can't get into the room. Or shut him in another room downstairs

> Fact is once you've allow this, sleeping up on your bed, you are going to have your work cut out to stop this.

Agreed.

Update: Night 1- Went to bed at 9, popped him into his bed, gave him a bonio. He ignored the treat and went straight to sleep, and that's where he stayed all night. I honestly can not believe it, i was prepared for a full on night, but he was great.

Caveat, we had a hectic day yesterday and he was exhausted, so I'm not counting my chickens just yet..

I've found mine are quite happy to stay off the bed when it's warm/hot weather, and the moment it's chilly it's snuggletime!

Mine are allowed on the bed if the extra blanket is on. So during the day if I’m reading up there, extra blanket is on, they can all snuggle in. But at bedtime, extra blanket comes off and they know it’s a no-go zone.

Night 2, he tried to jump up 3 times, but i kept putting him back. Every night since, he's snuggled into his bed and stayed put. I'm finally getting uninterrupted sleep again