I don't think I could sleep without one of the dogs on the bed I got so used to sleeping with Smudge on my bed that one day when I was sick and napping I woke in a daze and called out for him (I think he was in the living room) and when we got Winter she was going to sleep in her kennel but she wanted to be with me and Smudge so she soon joined us. True Winter did sleep with my sister 4 or 5 nights a week just so I had more room but that changed at Christmas when her daughter was home from school and she could sleep in. Ever since then both dogs have been sleeping with me and I love it. They're my living bed heaters