no pets on the bed? no way...

[fairlady68]

I looked at the results of the current pet poll, which asks if our pets sleep in our beds. I cannot believe that only 6% of pets sleep in our beds. A huge percentage, according to the poll, are not allowed. There must be some glitch here, right??? Almost everyone I know who has a cat or dog lets him/her sleep in the bed, and the critters are most able and willing to do so without hesitation.

[i love my piggy]

I have a guinea pig and she sleeps in my bed when I am doing my homework and she loves it...but I have to be very careful because I have a loft bed...I don't want her to fall out!!! But I NEVER sleep with her...I don't want to smush her or have her fall out!

[Randi]

HA! When Fister first came up here, I said: He's NOT sleeping on the bed! I must have been out of mind, saying a thing like that! LOL! Of course he sleeps on the bed - I even have to move over a bit sometimes - and I'm happy to.

[carole]

All my four cats have a bed each, Ash never uses his and during the day will sleep upstairs on occasion, they all chose to sleep where they want, but at night time only lexie comes upstairs and sleeps on top of the bed,she never has tryed to come in and even though i have gently tryed to persuade her won't have a bar of it, however as i am allergic to cats, it is best that i keep it to a minimum in my bedroom as my allergies flare up too much, anyhow we have a good thing going here, all the other's are quite happy to sleep downstairs so i am not about to change that, i like that lexie has her own special place, she has had to put up with the invasion of the two other girls in her life , and tolerates them rather well.

I cannot imagine having a cat and not having it either in your bed or on top, that is part of owning a kitty IMO.

[Argranade]

My birds are always allowed on my bed, even tho my mom hates it, there droppings stain even when I clean it up so I change my sheets allot. I use a bunk bed for now so sometimes Shiney sleeps beside me, I hook his little hut on top. Letting my birds sleep right beside me could be dangerouse if I rolled over during the night yikes! But other than that my birds are free to snuggle beside me while I watch t.v, take a small snooz ect...

You can see Shiney inside his hut on my Siggy photo.

[cassiesmom]

i'm laughing as I read this thread because Cassie changes sleeping places 2-3 times every night. She starts off with me, usually on her pink blanket at the foot of the bed. Then she either sleeps on her other blanket, which is on the love seat in the front room, or in the bedroom closet where it's warm. In the morning I usually find her on the love seat. I should say she allows me to sleep with her on the portion of the bed that's not occupied by her blanket!

[Jessika]

My dogs kick ME off the bed...

Honestly we need a king sized bed just for them...

[ramanth]

It varies in our household. The cats have their own room that they sleep in at night (husband is allergic) and the dogs are allowed on the bed, but only Chipper seems to take advantage of that. Kia prefers her own bed.

[Karen]

Keep in mind that many pets, numbers-wise, are not dogs or cats. I would be afraid Miss Hoppy would be crushed when I rolled over, and besides, she likes to be hidden under something when she sleeps, so no one can find her.

[binka_nugget]

Our three are allowed on the bed but they rarely sleep on there. They like to hang around on the bed when I'm in my room on the computer. They prefer to sleep in their crates or their own beds.

[ramanth]

Keep in mind that many pets, numbers-wise, are not dogs or cats. I would be afraid Miss Hoppy would be crushed when I rolled over, and besides, she likes to be hidden under something when she sleeps, so no one can find her.

Very true. The reptiles would never sleep on the bed.

[dogzr#1]

Our dogs are allowed to sleep on the boys' beds, but not my bed or my parents' bed. It's their rules. Sometimes Astra or Prince like to sneak up onto my bed in the morning though.

[SemaviLady]

When I still had pet cats, I loved having them up on the bed (particularly after the kitten stage when anything that moved got attacked).

Right now, all of my dogs are so large, that having JUST one in bed is rather like sleeping with a sheep sized overstuffed bag of deer antlers and hardware that tends to totally fill up the bed. Mine are allowed up on the bed "by invitation" only, and one at a time please(!), but definitely no overnighters.

There have been some chilly nights when I've suggested to hubby that we consider a three-dog night. (three sheep sized dogs in bed?) The answer to that is a reliable, "you have got to be kidding." heehee

[k9krazee]

I hate falling asleep without a doggy cuddle buddy!

Jack sleeps with me, Micki sleeps with my brother, Mini is usually in the parent's bed, Shadow prefers her bed on the floor and Kyra sleeps in her crate.

Then on weekends after everybody wakes up (and I'm still sleeping ) I usually have 3-4 dogs in bed with me. I love it.

[Pawsitive Thinking]

Tobey has his own bed in our room and Archie sleeps on the floor next to me.........until they are sure we are asleep

Most mornings we wake up with them both curled up with us - I love to start my day with a group snugglefest!