re: Why do people let dogs sleep in their beds?

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Lets quit pretending that there are no issues with owning dogs.

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No offense Baw but it sounds like your dogs need training
There is something very wrong, like a UTI, if my dog has an accident in the house
I let her out in the yard all the time, she knows not to go past the open gate
When I check the mail she waits at the gate for me to say she can follow me in the front
She begs but has never snatched food from me nor touched my plate on the coffee table when I’ve left it in front of her

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Man the OP has gotten 8 pages and over 12 hours out of this troll.

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Thats a lot of mental gymnastics to convince yourself that sharing your bed with an animal is normal behavior

https://thebark.com/content/13-scientific-benefits-sleeping-your-dog

I love my big arse dog sleeping in our king size bed. He doesn't shed much and it's not like he gets under the covers. Just awesome.

The first 3 on the list:

Dogs are functional.

My dog sleeps on the floor next to the bed. At night, she also patrols around the house. She listens outside. She is the home protector, and is much better than an alarm.

She is trained that no one comes into the house or a car that she is in without permission. She stands her ground at the doors.

She will jump somebody on command (the command is secret). Yet, I can take her to Petco or some other public place and she does just fine.

She is a copperhead snake and raccoon killing machine.

She's fearless. Some meth head was going towards me yelling threats and waving a bat. She ran full speed towards him, and stopped in front barking as a warning to stop coming towards me. He kicked, and she went into "shock and awe" mode. She went berserk, biting him repeatedly while dodging other kicks.

In a dumbass move, I once "tested" her by putting a sweatshirt over my head and knocking on a door that had stained glass. She hit the door full blast and ended up damaging the glass trying to get to me. There is now a thick pane a Lexan in its place.

She's a damn good dog - smaller (Aussie Shepherd) but much fiercer (when needed) than a Belgian Malinois I once had.

My Sheltie sleeps on my bed. I make sure he stays on the outer cover, whether a blanket or a just a sheet, not on the fitted sheet underneath. Then wash sheets weekly. No big problems with fur.

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What’s going on folks?

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Your bait is really stinky.

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I’m a very happy and outgoing person, and I keep my thoughts about dogs to myself irl

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This is the OT. This is rl.

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Peepdip

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You sound like a judgmental miserable piece of shite, there is no way I would be able to trust you. Sounds like your "friends" dog is doing them a favor by getting rid of you

As someone with a 7 month old lab who in the past few weeks started letting her sleep in the bed with us, I see both sides of it. But she loves sleeping in the bed with us and let’s us sleep in later than if we were to leave her in the kennel. Plus I feel less guilty about leaving her in the kennel when I’m at work all day, knowing she wasn’t stuck in there all night either.

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Like what the frick? Your bed is supposed to be the cleanest part of your house. How the hell can you sleep in a bed that’s covered in fur and dander, next to the equivalent of a small horse? It’s usually mentally ill women who refer to themselves as dog moms, but I’ve noticed plenty of men do it to. Is it like smoking cigarettes, where you’re around nastiness so much that you don’t notice anymore?

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Agree 100% and I have two dogs. They do not get in bed or any place they should not be. They were trained as pups.

Yes they bark when someone comes which is fine with me. When someone comes in, they go out. That is the law in my house.