Those of you that own house dogs, what are your feeling about sharing your bed at night with your dog(s)? Love it, like it, tolerate it or hate it? Do you allow it or not???
My wife and I own a 3 year old male Shih Tzu that is in most ways a great dog. He is cute, never has accidents in the house and has a wonderful temperment with the kids. He is amazingly dependent upon my wife and I however. He will follow us around the house from one room to another depending upon our movements and can rarely be in a room by himself. At night he practically beats us to the bed.
My feelings about him sharing our bed with us range anywhere from me really liking him there to me wishing that I could physically kick him off (the wife wouldn't allow that though) depending on the night. I think that the most amusing part about him sharing our bed is the fact that I will sometimes actually get jealous of him if I feel he is getting more attention from the wife than I am. Those are usually the times that I would like to kick him. Closing the bedroom door and leaving him in the hallway is never an option because he would just scratch at the door and bark/cry until we let him in, so I have to just accept him being in bed with us regardless of my mood on any given night.
What are your toughts on this hard hitting issue???:smile:
My wife and I own a 3 year old male Shih Tzu that is in most ways a great dog. He is cute, never has accidents in the house and has a wonderful temperment with the kids. He is amazingly dependent upon my wife and I however. He will follow us around the house from one room to another depending upon our movements and can rarely be in a room by himself. At night he practically beats us to the bed.
My feelings about him sharing our bed with us range anywhere from me really liking him there to me wishing that I could physically kick him off (the wife wouldn't allow that though) depending on the night. I think that the most amusing part about him sharing our bed is the fact that I will sometimes actually get jealous of him if I feel he is getting more attention from the wife than I am. Those are usually the times that I would like to kick him. Closing the bedroom door and leaving him in the hallway is never an option because he would just scratch at the door and bark/cry until we let him in, so I have to just accept him being in bed with us regardless of my mood on any given night.
What are your toughts on this hard hitting issue???:smile: