I know you feel a struggle between doing what your trainer recommends and wanting to keep your pup in bed with you, but try to remember the issues that are troubling you with your pup and be willing to work with the suggestions made as best you can.

Though I'm not one who wanted my pup to sleep with me and hubby, I did feel strongly when we adopted Bijou that there would be no crating! I thought that Bijou would behave simply because I wanted her to, that training would be a piece of cake and be done with overnight. I've learned that my collie has a mind of her own and that her doggie instincts are enormously strong! We did opt to buy a crate and went that route for night time sleeping and the brief times we're away from the house. She whined the first week and we thought we'd go crazy but since then, she's come to not only accept her crate but enjoy her time there -- she likes her toys, her blankies, her "safe zone" from the nuttiness of our household (five kids can be a lot of distraction even for an active collie pup!). I'm so (so!) glad we pursued crating, everyone's happier now that Bijou no longer thinks she's alpha -- of course my hubby and I continue to switch roles as alpha, but that's another story

If you can think to yourself that it's tough in the short term but helpful in the long term, you mght be better able to make some of these transitions. You want your dog to havea clear idea of their position in the house, and let's face it, with dogs you must be alpha in order to have a smoothly running household and content animals. Your pup wants to please you; you just need to let him know how to do that.

Good luck!