Sleep in or out

Justask

Do your hounds sleep inside your home or outside?

Read another thread and was chatting with someone today just wondering what you do?

Cherry Blossom

My current dog sleeps in my bed.

My last dog slept in the stables with the horses because he started his life in a puppy farm and had serious claustrophobia his whole life, he could not cope at all with a closed door. The stables were no problem as there was a permanent escape hatch he could get out through.

Wolfe Tone

Kennel out back during the summer, in the kitchen in the Winter.

Justask

adrenalinjunkie wrote: »

My last dog slept in the stables with the horses because he started his life in a puppy farm and had serious claustrophobia his whole life, he could not cope at all with a closed door. The stables were no problem as there was a permanent escape hatch he could get out through.

:mad::mad:

January

Justask wrote: »

:mad::mad:

Some dogs need to be kept outside, and it's not like he was outside, he was in a stable... It probably would have harmed the dog more in the long run to keep him couped up when he couldn't get out if he wanted to.

To answer your question though, my JRT's sleep inside, in the kitchen. All year round.

Justask

January wrote: »

Some dogs need to be kept outside, and it's not like he was outside, he was in a stable... It probably would have harmed the dog more in the long run to keep him couped up when he couldn't get out if he wanted to.

To answer your question though, my JRT's sleep inside, in the kitchen. All year round.

Eh my :mad: was cos he was from a puppy farm NOT cos he slept in a stable.

Cherry Blossom

Justask wrote: »

Eh my :mad: was cos he was from a puppy farm NOT cos he slept in a stable.

I'll just add that just because that's were his life began does not mean it's where I got him

January

Justask wrote: »

Eh my :mad: was cos he was from a puppy farm NOT cos he slept in a stable.

Aha! Sorry, my apologies!

Whispered

Inside. On the couch if they can make themselves look comfy enough. But usually in their crates.

star-pants

My two sleep at the end of my bed... well.. they're supposed to! lol

RubyGirl

Two crates at night in hall, and two in the kitchen at night. Should put a poll up?

Justask

One sleeps on my bed

One sleeps beside my sons bed

and one sleeps in the hall, he gets to hot and moves out there

toadfly

Most nights in the kitchen/dining room. If the boyfriend is away one of the smaller ones might sleep on my bed. Little hot water bottles they are. Lexi not allowed into our room at night as she snores very loud!

Tranceypoo

Both of them sleep in the kitchen/diner along with the cat, either on their (king size) bed or on the sofa or armchair in there.

To be honest I'd rather they slept in our bedroom but older dog can't/won't go up the stairs due to a bad leg and psychological issues so we don't let the younger/newer dog upstairs either (although she chances it sometimes!!) as it wouldn't be fair. In our last house (bungalow), when we just had older dog, he slept beside the bed in our bedroom, I loved him hopping up on the bed in the morning at weekends for cuddles!!

piperh

Normally one on my feet on the sofa and one snuggled as tight as she can get to my lap actually typing around her now :rolleyes:. Or if hubby lying on sofa then our boy stretches out in front of him on the sofa. Of a night both in crates in living room.

LostCorkGuy

The wolf hounds sleep outside in the hay house or stables , they start howling like mad if theyre locked in ! And the pugs are meant to sleep in the kitchen but they generally go into the spare bedroom and hop o
n the bed

borderlinemeath

Coco used to sleep inside in winter in the kitchen and outside in summer in the boilerhouse but for the past 2 summers we've had swallows nesting in the boilerhouse so they drove her mad! So she's inside full time and now her bed has migrated from the kitchen into the bedroom!

Last week we took in a foster dog (who we will be adopting, we've fallen in lurve!) and he is sleeping in the kitchen

Cú Giobach

Inside, on the floor in my bedroom, two beside the bed and one underneath.
As soon as I stir in the morning I'm surrounded by 3 doggie heads and the thumping of tails, great way to wake up.

scarlet_mandy

Our girl sleeps in the back room downstairs, in her bed mostly, it's her own room, nothing in it but her crate of toys, bed and blankets, and food. People make fun of us that we gave the dog her own room but she loves it!

Allgäuerin

Both doggies in our bed. One on the feet and with one i have to share my pillow

Discodog

My three sleep together in a big dog bed in the kitchen. I wouldn't let a dog on the bed & definitely not in the bed :eek:

Two of mine had probably never been indoors when I got them - judging by their reaction to the washing machine, tv etc. But, with a little encouragement they moved permanently indoors. Now all three are warm, dry, safe & quiet.

barbiegirl

Our first one started out outside then the weather got cold so we took her in and nevr went back out. Not she's been joined by another and they both sleep on the landing, her on a big donut bed and him in his crate Well unless we don't click our room door properly cause then we wake up to her on the bed beside us.

Kash

Mine sleep in our bedroom, but are definitely not allowed on the bed... I am genuinely surprised that so many people on here do! They used to try sneaking up there in the morning, but at 5.5 stone each, they are not very sneaky

Discodog

Kash wrote: »

I am genuinely surprised that so many people on here do!

So am I & I am a serious dog cuddler Apart from the doggy breath at one end & the farts at the other, there are also the dirty paws plus all those bits that seem to end up in their coats :eek:

LostCorkGuy wrote: »

The wolf hounds ...... And the pugs

That's some combination

Whispered

Discodog wrote: »

So am I & I am a serious dog cuddler Apart from the doggy breath at one end & the farts at the other, there are also the dirty paws plus all those bits that seem to end up in their coats :eek:

I'm surprised at you DD :pac:, when we bring the boys up for cuddles we clean their paws and brush out the coats, but I'd do this for the couches most of the time anyway.

They don't ever sleep in the bed overnight but on a sunday morning we usually get a lie in by bringing them up.

When we go camping though they are in/on the bed with us, keeping each other warm.

Discodog

Whispered wrote: »

I'm surprised at you DD :pac:,

Yesterday morning my eldest discovered a fish head - nice big Pollack eyes ! I explained that she was to "leave it" & I was pretty sure that she obeyed. Some hours later, with barely an arch of her back, she regurgitated the entire head onto the floor.

Had this of happened on our evening walk & if she slept on or in the bed, then I would be waking to a fishy "Godfather" movie scene :eek:

borderlinemeath

Discodog wrote: »

Yesterday morning my eldest discovered a fish head - nice big Pollack eyes ! I explained that she was to "leave it" & I was pretty sure that she obeyed. Some hours later, with barely an arch of her back, she regurgitated the entire head onto the floor.

Had this of happened on our evening walk & if she slept on or in the bed, then I would be waking to a fishy "Godfather" movie scene :eek:

Off topic but if Coco is ever sick or needs to vomit, she goes looking for the nearest rug to vomit on. Never the wooden floor or tiles but always, always a rug.
It always makes me wonder what goes through her little head.

Grumpypants

Both sleep outside in their kennel, they are rarely inside, if im home alone ill let them sleep on the mat by the back door until ive to lock up for the night but generally they have toddled off to bed by that stage anyway.

Whispered

borderlinemeath wrote: »

It always makes me wonder what goes through her little head.

Because it's absorbent and wont splash her paws? Apparently this is why puppies like to pee on rugs and carpet instead of on the kitchen floor.

borderlinemeath

Whispered wrote: »

Because it's absorbent and wont splash her paws? Apparently this is why puppies like to pee on rugs and carpet instead of on the kitchen floor.

Thinking back to when she was a puppy she didn't have that many accidents, she peed on the wooden floor or tiles (or anywhere except the puppy pads!) but she toilet trained in record time.

Never really thought she would consider her little paws!!

Discodog

borderlinemeath wrote: »

It always makes me wonder what goes through her little head.

She probably thinks that it will be less obvious. I have this vision of one our Boardie's doggies under the duvet & starting to heave. There would be this moment of waking up, trying to register what's happening & then realising that it's too late :eek:

Allgäuerin

Discodog wrote: »

I wouldn't let a dog on the bed & definitely not in the bed :eek:

Well we can as our dogs are cleaner than some humans!:P

Whispered

Discodog wrote: »

She probably thinks that it will be less obvious. I have this vision of one our Boardie's doggies under the duvet & starting to heave. There would be this moment of waking up, trying to register what's happening & then realising that it's too late :eek:

This happened to me with a foster pup. He wasn't well and I just couldn't keep him warm so brought him up to bed with me so I could keep an eye on him. Yuck. But it wasn't his fault. Poor baby.

Discodog

Whispered wrote: »

This happened to me with a foster pup. He wasn't well and I just couldn't keep him warm so brought him up to bed with me so I could keep an eye on him. Yuck. But it wasn't his fault. Poor baby.

I am surprised that you didn't say to hubby "Look what you did in your sleep last night ":D

If one were staying in one of these dog in the bed houses one might be very tempted to buy a plastic joke poo !

Justask

Kash wrote: »

Mine sleep in our bedroom, but are definitely not allowed on the bed... I am genuinely surprised that so many people on here do! They used to try sneaking up there in the morning, but at 5.5 stone each, they are not very sneaky

Only one of mine sleeps on the bed has done for over13 years but shes not really a dog shes more human

Honest she talks to me (ok the people in white coats are at the door )

Blogger50

We never intended it to happen but our girl sleeps between us on the bed.:)

Dont panic people, I said on the bed.......not in it

ohmfg

Our two big guys sleep on our bed, one with his head on a pillow and the other down by my feet. I'm pinned in between them on one side and himself on the other:). We bought a 7' wide bed for that very reason:eek:

The little one sleeps in her crate in the living room, she's not reliably enough house trained to allow on the bed.

Jelly2

I have to confess that one of ours actually sleeps in the bed! She has a very thin coat and insists on burying down under the duvet every night to keep warm. I expressed some unease about it a few times, but husband just feels sorry for her so I gave in! We tried stopping her from doing it, but she kept us awake for three nights either throwing herself at the closed bedroom door or making increasingly energetic attempts to get on the bed and tunnel down to our feet...:o

westies4ever

my two sleep in their comfy beds in the kitchen but given half a chance they'll sleep on our bed. hubbie is stricter then me - i'd probably have them in the bed if i could. if hubbie is away i bring them up and on the weekend i'll go down at about 6am and bring them up so everyone has a cuddly lie in.

they have to be carried to bed every night from the sofa - when i say 'bedtime' they pretend to be asleep!

gigawatt

in the living room on the sofa at night. I prefer having a dog indoors at night for security reasons. plus for him its warmer and cosier than outside. I'd never let a dog sleep on my bed, altho when I was a kid I did they are just too restless, take up the whole bed, puke in the bed etc I didnt mind when I was small and afraid of the dark

kylith

Mine slept outside until one of my neighbours got a cat which caused the dogs to bark at all hours. So now they sleep inside, unlike the bloody cat.

trio

barbiegirl wrote: »

Our first one started out outside then the weather got cold so we took her in and nevr went back out.

Same here. Started outside but during the bad winter had to be brought outside and he loved it so much and was so good and there were so few accidents, that it made no sense to put him out 2 months later when the nights eventually warmed up.

Actually it's better, cos outside he was barking at dawn and last thing at night and it was headwrecking. He doesn't do that anymore because he can't hear other dogs when he's inside in the kitchen. He's much more settled - loves it inside!