Where is the correct place dogs should sleep at night??  I say my pup should be able to curl up on my son's bed (my son would like nothing more) - whereas my husband says dogs should sleep in the kitchen.  What do you think out there?

Most of my dogs sleep outside. I have one that sleeps in my room, one in the kitchen in a crate. I would have them all in but the snoring would keep me awake. I won't leave them sleeping downstairs out of crates, and there is no way im having crates lined up all over the place, so most sleep in their kennels, in pens all locked up. This also gives them the freedom to go to the toilet through the night if they need it.

I dont think there is really a correct place I used have my JR's in the bed but the dallies definately sleep downstairs in the living room as their tails keep hitting the bedstead and it drives me bonkers.  The only thing I personally would be wary of with a dog sleeping with a child is in case it causes allergies but other than that I would imagine it would be brilliant for your son. :)

I personally don't like dogs sleeping on beds - but if you ask other people on here, you will get as many different answers as there are people :) The answer seems to be whatever suits you - if you don't mind the mess and the possibility of accidents, then it's OK :)

Daisy

Glazby sleeps either on the bed with us or on the floor next to our bed, which ever he chooses!!.  :-)

No I don't like dogs on beds either, or on sofas for that matter.  Our dog has got his own bed in the kitchen and I cover him up with a blanket when its cold.  I don't shut the kitchen door, just the dog gate and leave the living room light on all night for him and the radio in the kitchen on low as well.  He has also got the company of two hamsters and two guinea pigs in the kitchen.  When I was a lot younger I did used to have my poodle sleeping on my bed with me which I loved but then when I went on holiday he went in my mum and dads room and they had him in there forever more after that (his choice)and I was banned from taking him to the farm where my horse was in case a horse just happened to stand on him or kick him (he used to love going as well).  The best thing was that he was MY dog and I paid for him and yet they told me what to do with him (they loved him so much though, although my mum used to say she hated poodles and she still has one aged 10 at nearly 80 year old)

Anyway sorry for all that waffling, I have gone a bit off subject haven't I.

Ours sleeps in the kitchen, i couldn't be doing with all the hairs and doggy farts in the bed, plus i don't think all three of us would fit in the bed. I don't think it matters where they there sleep as long as they aren't left out in the cold without shelter, if they get into a routine at bedtime they accept it.

I am amazed at how many dogs sleep in kitchens. Cant make up my my which is more unhygenic, Kitchen or bedroom ;)

My lot sleep in the bedroom with me,some on the floor,some on the bed.It's up to them :)

Probably not the most hygienic place but i feel the safest place for my dog when we are not there. We do clean and hoover often for us and the dog. I think it's up to the individual where they feel is best for there dog to sleep.

Hi Rose,

Same in our household - although the "floor dwellers" are usually their toys only :D  Must say we prefer it this way - always have and always will.  We've never had screaming/howling puppies fresh from leaving their mum and siblings and always had the youngsters clean overnight within a matter of a few days (so long as we "shift sleep" for no more than 5/6 hours at a time :P  Even our one and only litter was whelped in there and remained there for the first four weeks - during that time the other dogs took up residence on our daughter's bed :D

Regards, Teri :)

Sorry, I should have put a smiley in that post.  It wasnt meant as it looked and sounded. My dogs have the run of the house, including kitchen and bedrooms. 3 Labs have their own bedrooms, 3 Labs sleep in my bedroom and the 2 pups who still sleep in their crates are in the living room. :D

I cant think of anything much crueller than taking a pup from it's mum and littermates and then taking it into a strange home, locking it up in a room or crate all by itself and letting it howl all night,i can only imagine how terrified,lonely and confused those wee pups would be :(

Teri,i too have always brought my new pups in the bedroom with me,much easier on them and me ;) I cant think of one reason why anyone would want to segregate their beloved dogs from the rest of the pack/family??? Makes no sense  

Ok, Sorry,Rant over :o

Why could you not just join in the spirit of this thread by telling us what you do instead of having a nasty rant and accusing others of cruelty.
My puppies sleep downstairs and have never show any signs of terror.  At that age their lives are full of change and they are receptive to it they have already passed through being seperated from their mum, at least at night, and know that no harm has come of it.  They cry for two reasons, call or nature or trying it on for a bit of company and I respond accordingly.  Sooner or later I am going to leave them to go to the shops etc so I consider it a good idea to instill the habits of the house into them straight away.  I neither want them upstairs, because I would rather spend more of my time with them rather than cleaning :) nor using the stairs at a young age.
Dont make the mistake of treating your dogs like humans,or they'll treat you like dogs. ;)

My dogs sleep downstairs at night. My bed is for me and my OH - not the dogs! ;)

Ah, know what you mean ;) ChloeH, I forgot that point, how do people manage with inquisitive eyes (and noses ) in the room? :D

LOL - it's bad enough when hubby and I have a cuddle -- dogs want to join in :D :D Can only think that people whose dogs sleep in their beds must have to get up and use the spare room when they get desparate :D :D

Daisy

I would expect nothing more from you Isabel :)

Why did YOU have to respond to my post and not just carry on with the spirit of the thread?? Once again,pot,kettle,black!!

>having a nasty rant and accusing others of cruelty.<

There's the "sly dig" i was talking about in the other thread,which i havnt has a chance to read again yet,but i'm sure youv'e already contaminated it with a reply to me :rolleyes:

Why dont you do me and everyone else a favour and not respond to my posts?? your'e making it very hard for me to ignore you,which is becoming very trying when your in my face at every turn! Just pretend i'm not here,like i do to you :)

There is absolutely nothing i would want to learn from you,know of you or discuss with you,so please stop annoying me and turn your "attentions" onto some other poor sod!

Oh and by the way letting my dogs sleep in my room is not humanizing them,they sleep in a pack in the wild and are only segregated when they've been shunned or whatever!
I dont even want to hear your excuse for locking yours away!

To the other poster's i'm sorry you have to read this,but pm'ing Isabel privately asking her to do this has obviously not worked,hopefully telling her to back off publically might get the message through.

There is nothing sly about my response I am totally upfront about finding your posts extremely rude.
PS If anyone seriously believes that Rose's PM to me was a rational comment relating to our discussions please PM me and I will be happy to forward it to you :)

>PS If anyone seriously believes that Rose's PM to me was a rational comment relating to our discussions please PM me and I will be happy to forward it to you :-)<

Once again another thing you can easily manipulate :)

I'll save you the hassle of pming to everyone. One of my pm's said something like "you are totally hilarious" or something to that affect.Is that thwe pm you had in mind to send ? :rolleyes:

 

No need to manipulate it Rose, I still have the original, I believe Admin can confirm was it says, except I would not dream of troubling them with something so petty.

I actually have to agree with Isabel on her first point. You do make some very sweeping statements Rose! Willis slept downstairs of his own accord on a big thick quilt with no crying from the moment I brought him home - where's the cruelty in that? I don't lock mine away either, they just sleep downstairs because I don't want to breathe dog hair, dust, mud and dog breath all night. I also want *some* bed to myself with my OH. Where's the cruelty in that? I have 2 danes, both of which sleep on the sofa's in the front room - very cruel I must say!

You are asking for someone to react when you make sweeping statements abotu how folk keep their dogs - feeding or sleeping wise :)

If a dog chooses to sleep down stairs or away from their owner of their own accord,then there's nothing wrong with that :) It's when they're MADE to stay away from the family which gets to me.

Please dont shoot me for this :) but the majority of reasons posted for not letting dogs sleep or even go upstairs has been hair,dust and all things "doggy" why have a dog? This is a genuine question as it truly puzzles me when i hear dog owners talk like this,i love my dogs, dirt,hair and all.If i didnt i wouldnt have got a dog in the first place :)

I love my horses but it doesn't mean I want them in bed with me! The dogs have access (with their hair, smell, breath etc etc) to 75% of the house, whats wrong with wanting to keep a certain area clean and tidy and dog free? Willis would be up on the bed like a shot with us at night, but there would be no room for us :D :D Just because I have dogs does not mean I want to devote my life to them...I happen to hate muddy paw prints, and dog hair and dried slobber, but I love the dogs enough to put up with it - I just don't want it all over the house :)

Hi rose,

I love my kids but it doesn't mean that I love all the mess that they make either.  I don't think it is cruel to keep a dog downstairs at night and I certainly don't think it is hygienic to have one on the beds, but thats just my opinion and you are entitled to yours ;-)

Why is it that we allow dogs to do the things that we don't let our children do ???? How many people sleep with their children - most children have their own beds and rooms. Sorry - dogs are dogs. They may be part of a pack in our house - but it's a human pack - not a dog pack, so it has human rules, not dog rules :)

Daisy

Absolutely, Daisy.
:)

Well I do on occasion sleep with the kids, but then I have no OH, so maybe it is because the dogs can't tattle!!! :D

Rose just because you don't want to sleep with your animals doesn't mean you shoudn't have any, for goodness sake that is just ridiculous.

Taking your dogs to bed has to be your choice, but it's certainly not cruel putting them in the kitchen at night.  You take a new pup with you and you'll soon learn that it will suffer separation anxiety..........it only takes a couple of nights for a pup to settle down!

They are dogs after all..............read your little message at the bottom of your replies!  ;-)

This is getting hard to keep up with,everyones posting at the same time ;)

Mine are with me just about all the time,i've never had any seperation problems when i do go out without them! I really dont think letting our dogs sleep in our room is going to cause seperation anxiety.

My signature means something very different than what you may think and personal to me :)

<<<<<<<I cant think of anything much crueller than taking a pup from it's mum and littermates and then taking it into a strange home, locking it up in a room or crate all by itself and letting it howl all night,i can only imagine how terrified,lonely and confused those wee pups would be>>>>>>

Rose my pups are my breeding, they sleep in the same place in the living room where they were born, Certainly not confused, never howled once,  and two pups together are certainly not on their own. They are in the livingroom as they are large breed and do NOT use the stairs, when they are older they will join the rest of the family upstairs.

Oh yes and 8 dogs on my bed, I dont think so, 3 at a time thank you. 

Rose it is about time you stopped taking peoples posts to heart, everyone is different, Whats right for some may not be for others.  Each to their own

Kay

My dogs dont sleep in the kitchen, because although its 28ft long, it has a floor space of only 4ft wide.

I was being flippant in my previous post, I thought that was pretty obvious, and I am sure most people realised this.

woody sleep upstairs with me, Only cause i feel mean leaving him downstairs

alix
sorry i think i posted this at the wrong time ;)

Well the kitchen is usually the only place large enough to house dogs that has a cleanable floor, whch is why most dogs are kept in the kitchen, or if you are lucky enough to have one and it is large enough, the Utility room.

Hi KayC,

Well I would prefer our dog in the kitchen than the bedroom because he sometimes has a wee and/or a poo in the night and I would rather not step in it in the morning and its harder to get out of the carpets than it is to just mop the quarry tiled floor in the kitchen.  We have rather a large kitchen and I block off the bit where the kitchen units are and the cooker so he is not near them.  He isn't hairy anyway because hes a bichon and doesn't lose hair :-)

Hi Anna, yes I do understand about dogs in the kitchen, my lot get fed in there, my dogs have the run of the house except the pups, not allowed upstairs yet. My lot dont sleep in the kitchen as they prefer being upstairs, and they have their own bedroom, complete with kingsize bed, and my kitchen simply is not safe for them.  Bailey has already set cooker on fire because he can reach cooker knobs and turned the oven on with chip pan etc. 

I made a flippant remark and Rose jumped on it, You would think I would know better :D :D

Well mine sleep wherever they want in the downstairs of the house when I am home, the kitchen if I am out, and 4 of the five sleep in a double kenel (two in each) at night, with the eldest in the kitchen.

If I am staying away they sleep in a crate in the hotel room, being alllowed on the bed for a snuggle (I always take a sheet or empty duvet cover to put on the beds) depending on how warm the room is and whether I am in the room at the time.

Upstairs in my house is a dog free (but not dog hair free :(  ) zone.  The only time they go upstairs is for a Bath, next one due on Monday in time to get out their coats for Crufts, as they are moulting like mad :( .

AT night my dogs sleep in the kitchen in their crates, doors open - their choice!

My dogs aren't allowed upstairs

Sharon you said your dogs sleep in their crates-their choice BUT they arent allowed upstairs,so is it REALLY THEIR choice?

Oh and isabel dont have a hissy about keeping to the tone of the thread,when threads are derailed daily here,usually by you :)

I'm with Isabel & Sharon on this one what was the purpose of accusing others of Cruelty if it wasn't to derail the thread sad so very sad and a tad petty?  I tend to keep out of these sort of questioning thread for this very reason I've been a member of this board for far too long to not get involved in predictably grotty threads lol.

MY dogs sleep in the kitchen in crates and are very happy not that I have to justify anything to another unless I am breaking a law in which case I'd expect to have to answer for it but this no way, I care not a jot about others oppions about the way I keep my dogs.  I crate train my pups before they leave me so they've already gone thru the separation thing and are happy in their personal den, their mothers separate themselves from the pups so I don't see a problem with us doing the same.

Rose they're dogs not children and most of us expect our children to learn to sleep alone at some point in their lives so I see no problem with the dogs doing the same, forced to stay in bedroom or kitchen by your standards 99% of parents in most countries are cruel to their children pmsl! 

Oh by the way any nasty PM's to me I have a habit of posting for all the board to see like to be open about these things saves a lot of hassle and I can highly recommend it.

>Oh by the way any nasty PM's to me I have a habit of posting for all the board to see like to be open about these things saves a lot of hassle and I can highly recommend it.<

Can i ask what the point of the above statement is,reminds a bit of the kid running to the teacher ?  Cant really say what i'de do as i've never recieved a NASTY pm,unlike yourself :D

Like you say, i also like to be open and if i've got something to say i'll say it on the forum except when a certain someone doesnt get the hint :rolleyes: Or if it's obvious that someone is fishing for an argument just to get you in strife with admin,then i think it's best to take it to pm's as i wouldnt want to give them the satisfaction!

Gee remind me never to pm you,it doesnt sound like you take pm's to be just that,private!!
Just for the record i would NEVER send out someone elses private message to me for all the world to see,nasty or not! What a terribly untrustworthy thing to do :(

But why would you trust/protect someone who sends nasty PM's!

Chloe it's the point.A private message is private,you dont have to respond and you can just delete it if you dont like it :) The person sent you a "private" message for a reason,to keep it private between the two of you,what a huge ego someone would have to have to post someones private mail as iff everyone else wants to get in on the act and is actually interested in hearing about their arguments . To copy it out for everyone to see is just plain lousy and it shows an untrustworthy character IMHO.

I've seen members copy and paste their e-mail arguments on here,what is the point?? What are they trying to gain from it? Other than to make the people reading them feel sorry for them,get them in their corner and most likely bag the pmer',such an act is incredibly juvenile.We are all adults who should be able to handle our own grievances without getting innocent bystanders in on the act!

Perhaps the sender claimed in public that the PM said something it didn't ;)

Like everything that is legal in life guest, it is down to personal choice, make a joint decision with your OH and stick to it.

But be consistent, once you have allowed your puppy upstairs, think of the size it will be, or not ;) Are you happy for a dog to sleep upstairs for the next 10/15 yrs? IMHO, dogs love routine and it does confuse them slightly when you change their habits. Never allow today, what you won't allow tomorrow :)

Hi Hairypooch,

A return to sanity AND the original question :D :D :D  Oh well, that's "chat" sites for ya!

ps: why does everyone assume there's an upstairs  
KIDDING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Teri :P

>99% of parents in most countries are cruel to their children pmsl! < 

Typo?? I have no idea what you are trying to say.pmls

<<Upstairs in my house is a dog free (but not dog hair free   ) zone>> :D- I've always wondered about that.  Mine is not allowed upstairs, but somehow his hairs manage to find their way up there :D

My new pup sleeps in the kitchen, I will not allow her to be in a crate or some sort of cage.  She does venture into the bedroom, but we live in a bungalow so it is easy for her to come and find us as she is only 9 weeks old and as you all know they are inquisative at that young age.

Sal

Well that got well out of hand lol. You pop off to hospital, come back and all hell's broken loose!!!!