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I made the mistake with my first dog of letting him sleep in my bed ever since he was 7 weeks old. He's known nothing else except when he naps in his own bed, which is rare, it's usually on the couch.
I want him to start sleeping in his own bed because there is just not enough room in my bed anymore. I have another dog who seems easier to train on doing things like going in her crate and staying in her bed, but I know Buster will jump in my bed at some point in the night and not stay all night in his.
Does anyone have any tips on how to get him to do this, and maybe make it a bit easier on the both of us?
I do have to get him a new bed because I only have one for them right now. Normally my other dog will go in her crate when I'm not in the house and Buster will go lay in his bed in the kitchen, but I have to put a baby gate up to keep him from getting in the rest of the house.
Feed him in his crate if he's not thrilled w/ being ousted from the bed - he'll come to like it more. Or maybe would keep them both in the kitchen (gated). We had to boot ours from the bed when my husband had surgery and it was fine and we may be having to do it again. Luckily ours is small but there are times I dont sleep that soundly w/ her snoring, moving around etc and am thinking the same thing as you - so we'll see. Let us know how it goes ;-)
The snoring doesn't bother me near as much as the farts. I mean seriously they could peel paint. Mine isn't allowed in the bed except rarely when I take a nap in the middle of the day... then he knows all bets are off. At night he sleeps in his room, usually curled up in his kennel.
I recently retrained two dogs to not sleep with me---one after 14 years. I simply stopped inviting them to bed with me. When I was heading to bed, I covered them up with a cover on the sofa. At first, they would come up at sometime in the middle of the night. I didn't fight it---let them join me---afterall, I was fast asleep at 4am. Slowly, they stopped coming because they became accustom to the sofa. Occassionally they will join me---like once every couple of months. I figure they must be cold or insecure. Since I don't make a big deal about it, they don't make a habit of it.
i find disgusting to sleep with a dog in the bed..all this hair and the animal smell..absolutely disgusting and not hygenical..
let the animals be animals!!they do not need to sleep with us in our bed,in order to show them,how much we love them!this is exageration and absolutely ill..makes ill..alergies and so on...pfui...
The snoring doesn't bother me near as much as the farts. I mean seriously they could peel paint. Mine isn't allowed in the bed except rarely when I take a nap in the middle of the day... then he knows all bets are off. At night he sleeps in his room, usually curled up in his kennel.
i find disgusting to sleep with a dog in the bed..all this hair and the animal smell..absolutely disgusting and not hygenical..
let the animals be animals!!they do not need to sleep with us in our bed,in order to show them,how much we love them!this is exageration and absolutely ill..makes ill..alergies and so on...pfui...
My dogs DO NOT stink. I guess that is what you meant, as we all know dogs have an amazing ability to smell. I love to sleep with my dogs. I wash bedding often and there is hair at times. It does not bother me at all.
I think Caesar Milan had an episode about training a dog to stay off of the bed due to territorial issues. It was a matter of removing the dog from the bed and showing him/her where to sleep. It took many repeats of the same technique to teach the dog, but eventually he learned to sleep in the doggie bed on the floor. As with most training, repetition is the key. My two doggies and a cat sleep in our bed also - and no, they don't stink, but there is fur. That is why I have an extra blanket on the bed which gets cleaned often. I have another question though - why don't animals learn to lay perpendicular to you, instead of going in the other direction. It would not be so bad if they would lay in the same direction, there would be enough room. I always get feet in my back kicking me over . Gotta love em though!
I think Caesar Milan had an episode about training a dog to stay off of the bed due to territorial issues. It was a matter of removing the dog from the bed and showing him/her where to sleep. It took many repeats of the same technique to teach the dog, but eventually he learned to sleep in the doggie bed on the floor. As with most training, repetition is the key. My two doggies and a cat sleep in our bed also - and no, they don't stink, but there is fur. That is why I have an extra blanket on the bed which gets cleaned often. I have another question though - why don't animals learn to lay perpendicular to you, instead of going in the other direction. It would not be so bad if they would lay in the same direction, there would be enough room. I always get feet in my back kicking me over . Gotta love em though!
LOL I have one that HAS to have a piece of MY pillow.
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. Gotta love em though!
