Originally posted by Dixieland Dancer


1. It is not too late to get your dog to sleep on the floor. Until the dog recognizes that you are alpha then it should not be on the bed. Put a dog bed or pillow on the floor and MAKE pup sleep there. This does not have to be permanent is you want pup to sleep with you. Only until it understands you are the boss. Even then you should always be the first in the bed and then INVITE the dog up. It should never be the one to get in bed first.

How do I MAKE him sleep there? He will try to come up - do I just keep putting his paws on the ground and say NO?
He has his own special pillow now and I thought maybe he'd sleep on the ground w/ it but no, he still wanted in the bed. I put the pillow in the bed and he is at least using that to rest on instead of me... most of the time. Can I just do this for a bit and then move the pillow to the floor? Or should I do it now? Or forget the pillow? I just always feel bad and get frustrated and end up letting him sleep in the bed. And he will sleep on the floor if there's 2 of us in the bed but if it's me alone he's all over me. Which I don't mind but like you said, I want to invite him to do that. We've conquered the trash digging problem (so it seems) and this is the next thing I'd like to work on.
Any further suggestion or a link or something that might help?

Thanks so much.

-Amanda