Friday, February 26, 2016

Sharing a nap with Fido

When our cat was alive, she used to sleep in bed with us at night. I could count on her to nudge me in the middle of the night if I was snoring, crawl up next to me when she was having a bad dream and gently paw at me when she wanted me to wake up and feed her.

As you can imagine, this didn't equate to a good night's sleep for me. I didn't really mind it, though - she was such a sweet kitty and my constant companion. I will say now that she is gone, I probably sleep better.

As it turns out, an unfit night of sleep isn't the case for everyone - lots of people actually claim to sleep better at night with their pets.

This is hard for me to imagine - I have visions of large dogs taking up a great deal of space and being difficult to sleep next to. (How do you get them to roll over or stop storing?) But maybe I am wrong, since I've never had to share a bed with a large dog.

What about you - do you sleep better with your pet sharing the bed with you or without? Tell me in the comments.

3 comments:

  1. Since my cat started squeezing between the top of my head and the wall, and gradually pushing me off the pillow altogether, without! Aaah.

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  2. The dog(kelpie)we have now takes turns in bedrooms on a mat(floor). The dog(kelpie/staf)I had before that did sleep with me(on not in)but not so peaceful nights rest for me, between farts,licking,manoeuvring. I'd be woken up her nudging closer & have to gently push her back. And I have a friends dog I mind sometimes,she wants to sleep in my bed & she's use to sleeping between her owners legs, needless to say doesn't work for me but still she has this way of making me feel guilty.

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  3. The dog(kelpie)we have now takes turns in bedrooms on a mat(floor). The dog(kelpie/staf)I had before that did sleep with me(on not in)but not so peaceful nights rest for me, between farts,licking,manoeuvring. I'd be woken up her nudging closer & have to gently push her back. And I have a friends dog I mind sometimes,she wants to sleep in my bed & she's use to sleeping between her owners legs, needless to say doesn't work for me but still she has this way of making me feel guilty.

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