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My Border is 10 months now. He'll happily sleep in his crate for as long as we leave him at night. He's been in for 12 hours without a peep and quite happy. However when we leave him for a couple of hours in the day he barks and howls though he doesn't chew or anything else.
Am thinking maybe it might be time to let him not sleep in crate and then he'll happily spend a few hours in crate in daytime if needed.
Where does your dog sleep at night? Am I just asking for trouble by changing a secure nighttime routine that he is happy with?
wherever it wanted to.
Also only barked and made noises when it was alone- so i was told.
One on a beanbag in my daughter's bedroom. The other in a chair at the top of the stairs. Unless there are foxes about, in which case no one sleeps...
On his bed next to ours. Used to be downstairs until he worked out he could open the bedroom door, which he used to do at around 2-3am when he thought we'd not notice. Gave up trying to keep him out.
Downstairs in the kitchen but with free run in there, which is also where we leave her when we're out.
+1 to foxes though.
On his bed in our bedroom.
Downstairs in the kitchen/diner.. She started off in a different room in a baby pen type arrangement, and quite often we wouldn't hear from her until 7, 7.30 am. Since we moved her, she's up at 6.30 scratching at the kitchen door to be let out. Been like it since October half term. She's still only 7 months old, so we're hoping she'll start lying in when she is older.
on the sofa on her blanket.
Our Border roams the house, but isn't allowed on Sofa's, so the lounge door is closed.
He has his own chair in the dining room, but generally sleeps on an old beanbag on the floor in my daughter's room. He's not allowed on beds.
in here in the daytime
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She used to sleep in a crate and loved it just fine but my heart melted when we let her sleep on the bottom of the bed one night as she was the happiest dog in the world.. Now me and the misses are split up and I get dog custody 2/3 months a year she has free reign of the house like any spoilt child!
She sleeps here..
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and when shes not sleeping usually the same places..
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downstairs
Basket or floor
Keep routine
Shitsu on the stairs or on bed in cage or bed in passage.
Springer on our bed or his bed in our bedroom.
Mad Spanish guard dog thing on our bed.
If it's really cold thou it's doggy pile ons on our bed otherwise they seem to alternate sleeping spaces thru the night.
I just tend to see how they work most started as puppies left in crate(got big crate though) with gate open on evening not encouraged onto my bed and I've got a few of the nice pillow type dog beds scattered about the place.
+1 for foxes and full moon seems to make go a bit weird an the
My wife is soft as shit, so one sleeps under the covers in between us and the other at our feet.
It is not my favorite part of having dogs.
On their beds by our bed or if I'm out then on our bed.
+1 for foxes though.
Kennel outside.
Our border sleeps in her bed in our bedroom. During the day if we need to leave her she sleeps in a bed in the kitchen.
Kennel outside, it is fully enclosed and in a sheltered part of the garden, it is stuffed full of rugs and we change the straw in it once a week! She runs outside at night when we tell her it is bedtime!
She is from working dog stock though, and the breeder advised that she would prefer being outside! Out neighbours also keep their working labs outside.
Working cocker, outside in the stable where she has a large wooden 'box' with her bed in it.
She loves her bed and comes to me all excited at 10pm with a shoe which means it's bed time.
Edit: Same as Phil ^. I think working dogs that have been brought up sleeping outside just love it regardless of the weather
By our feet
Our Beardie sleeps outside in his kennel even on the coldest nights!! He has lots of warm bedding and a very insulating coat but hates being forced indoors. The breed is noted for its stubbornness.
Lab and westie both in cages in the kitchen. Never hear a peep unless my wife gets up and lab starts whining. If I get up first don't hear a thing.
On our bed(s), in monkey jnr's den, on the landing, on either of the downstairs sofas.
All of the dogs since I was a nipper - bar the one owned by my posh ex - have been given free reign around the house. They're furry children (unless they're working for their keep)
Both my dogs sleep in one laugh crate. There very happy in it.
Night time at the bottom of the stairs, during the day one of her 3 beds, 2 in the living room and one in the kitchen. The only time she's allowed up stairs is when she's bricking it cuz of fireworks.
Downstairs in utility room (closed door to kitchen) on a http://www.tuffies.co.uk
As others have said working dogs should sleep outside, my neighbours dogs didn't ever go in the house. Our dog was a "show" Lab so we where a bit soft with her.
She used to sleep in her basket next to my bed but then she made it onto the bed and now sleeps under the covers snuggled up to me.
Our border has the free run of the place, so wherever he likes. He often starts off in our bed (under the covers until he gets too hot) and then jumps down and goes somewhere else. He'll often come back to bed at some point though. I'd not have it any other way...
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Border in kitchen, on sofa in her own bed.
Sometimes we let her upstairs if fireworks etc.
I have a Lurcher she sleeps where ever she is!! Spends days when Mrs works in kennel outside. Used to sleep in it at night too until anagallis junior arrived and she used to bark when he cried so she moved inside onto the sofa. Now she splits her time between sofa, bed in spare room and juniors room.
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Newfoundland - she sleeps anywhere downstairs, but isn't allowed upstairs (has great difficulty getting down again) and spends roughly 99% of her time asleep. This time of year when we have that heating on she spends most of her time sprawled on the patio to keep cool
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He's got a little bed next to ours.
Working English Cocker Spaniel that sleeps either in a cage in the garage, or if it's too cold, then a cage in the utility room.
She's far too mad to let her sleep 'on the loose' in the house, 😆
All three in crates in the utility room , they all disappear off too the crates for power nap when they feel like it . Utility door and back door have dog flaps so they have access to the garden .
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Wherever they want. Free to roam the house.
Their actual beds are in the hallway outside our room.
Separate crates in living room; one large and one medium but as the puppy grows we'll have to make space for two large!
What did you do with their eyes Cheesy? 🙂
Beautiful looking dogs, what breed are they?
Mine sleeps on the table. Tends to stay there all day too!
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What did you do with their eyes Cheesy?Beautiful looking dogs, what breed are they?
Soft coated wheaten terriers , believe me they can see a cat/ squirrel at 200m with out a problem 😆
We did plait thier fringe for the Christmas party sausage race .
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On their bean bags in the top hallway, unless my son has left his bedroom door open then it'll be on his bed; Working Springer and Working Cocker but we've no central heating so they don't overheat.
They never lie near either the Aga or wood burner, even when they've just come in from a run and are 'damp' (Springer was swimming yesterday..., snowing here).
Those of you who have their dogs in bed with them, do you kick them out when sha99ing or let them watch? 😉
Those of you who have their dogs in bed with them, do you kick them out when sha99ing or let them watch?
Kick him out. There's nothing like a cold, wet (dog) nose on your arse cheek to put you off your rhythm...
Our Vizsla Pointer cross sleeps in his crate in the kitchen at night and when we're at work and is perfectly happy. Get's the run of the house any other time though.
Right now next to me on the sofa but overnight they'll be on the their bed in the kitchen, its almost the size of single bed though so they dont grumple.
In a cage at the end of my bed,Very rarely in the bed with us.
Is only a mini Daschund so dosent take up much room
Both in crates for first 6 months at night time in back kitchen/diner/lounge, plenty of room. Got the dogs at different times so for the springers first 6 months he was in crate whilst older dog was on a dog bed next to crate, no problems of jealousy either way! Now both on big dog bed in large backroom, not allowed on sofas or upstairs
Big black whatever...
You have a very small cheap looking coffee table, obviously for a small fluffy dog.
In her bed in the kitchen but she's allowed up on the bed for the weekend lie in with the cuppa. Also goes mad at night if foxes about.
In her bed in the sitting room
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Those of you who have their dogs in bed with them, do you kick them out when sha99ing or let them watch?
This. Honestly, those whose beds are shared with dogs, doesn't the general dogginess and presence of a dog damped romance somewhat?
(Not judging, I'm curious.)
Working black lab, in his bed in the living room, bed is one of those plastic curved jobs with a mattress in. Ground floor is all tiled. He's not allowed upstairs or on the sofas, though I think he is when I'm not home...........
I'd prefer he lived in the lovely, warm, sheltered kennel and run l built for him, which he perfectly happily spent his first 3 years in.
I want a spaniel and a terrier, both to work, spaniel would have to live outside, but I'd let a terrier in the house. Kind of kills my argument about the lab though!
Our Greyhound sleeps some times on the sofa or his bed but mostly he joins us on our bed on the duvet, hes like a hot water bottle at bottom of bed.
In his bed under the kitchen table, or his mat in front of the fire. In theory. Reality is, he often sneaks onto the leather sofa, scratches the bejesus out of it, covers it in mud and leaves a pillow's worth of dog hair for us.
Both ours crate trained. They both enjoyed having a crate after the training was finished to keep as their dens. This is where they slept until my wife choose to let the dogs upstairs into the bedroom.
Worst choice ever.
Dogs now whine to get in the bed-thats in the bed not on the bed, I am sharing my bed with idiots.
Now the oldest cannot manage the stairs he has to stay downstairs. You would think we just cut his nuts off again.
They are perfectly happy downstairs with a routine.
Will not be repeating this choice,
Our dobe sleeps downstairs in his bed in the kitchen or on the sofa in the lounge. It's leather so easy to wipe down etc.
Given all the crap they paddle through, roll in and eat, ours doesn't go on the bed and has restricted upstairs time as he's he's a tendency to snaffle socks and the kids soft toys. Wanders round thinking he's the bees knees when he's got something
When we're out he's the run of downstairs to do what come naturally to him. 'Happy' to be left for about 5h, could go longer which is surprising given how sociable the breed is. We built him up slowly and always leave him with entertainment (bone from the butcher). He's not left that often which I think helps.
Edit to add - crate trained and routine +1
Being a dobe, training is very important as is mental (as well as physical) stimulation
Molls sleeps on the living room window sill.. one eye open one ear cocked waiting for the postman..
Ours sleeps on his bed in the kitchen, but has recently been allowed upstairs in the daytime. He's allowed in the bedroom, but not on the bed. This, however, is about to change. The hairy parasite has just taken to pining outside our bedroom door at 4am. And I have had enough. Since we have no door between our kitchen and the stairs he is going to start sleeping in his crate in the hallway. I haven't told him yet and he's not going to like it and likely it'll be me who ends up sleeping in the crate in the hallway...
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Currently on the big Cuddle chair (or whatever they are called) but usually the big lab sleeps downstairs on the couch and the wee 'Shug' sleeps upstairs somewhere on our bed. I work shifts and one of lifes simple pleasures is coming in from a night shift and letting the dogs sleep on the bed with you. The sound of dogs snoring is pretty good at getting you to sleep.
Mine sleeps on the table. Tends to stay there all day too!
You rent that house year round?
In her bed in the sitting room
Not letting a lurcher on the sofa is dog cruelty!
Crate in the dining room. She has a bed for daytime use. Routine is important, she goes in the crate to just relax sometimes.
young colin did alright getting picked by us, he leads a pampered life. he was the only one of the litter left, probs cos he was the runt i reckon, but that suited us, im always one for the underdog. hes never grown full size, must have been crossed with a gerbil or somethings.
My wife is soft as shit,
same here, so every evening, its time for the fleece to go on the settee for a ickle snooze....
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sometimes he actually decides to move position and twitch his legs up in the air 😆
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then when its our bedtime, hes been promoted from lounge to the end of our bed. started cos i work away but im too soft to demote him when im back. has to be the bottom corner of wifes side tho.
Those of you who have their dogs in bed with them, do you kick them out when sha99ing or let them watch?
cos of his size he doesnt take much room and seems to know to be quiet and still for er...... a minute or so 😀
mine sleeps on his bed in the kitchen (shut in) perfectly fine at night apart from waking me up in the morning if he needs a piss. Sometimes barks and whines when i put him in there during the day.
Dog bed or sofa. Not allowed upstairs except for thunder, lightening and fireworks. And very occasionally if the OH is away she sneaks up to check I'm still alive. I think.
Ours all sleep downstairs in dining room/kitchen. Stair gate to stop them coming upstairs.
No dogs on the sofas and def not on the bed.
They run around muddy fields everyday, don't want that in my bed!
Don't hear a peep from them all night.
My 3 springers and my lab share a big outdoor kennel. I have 5 to choose from but you could house about 20 down there I think so they all share one to keep warm.
Raised ply beds with straw on and 12' x 6' run.
My wife's 3 Cockers have an indoor kennel built under a brekfast bar and my terrier has one opposite in a slot that used to house a mini dishwasher.
I actually initially crate trained my terrier in the Landy- as I wanted her to come everywhere with me so she thinks of it as home.
She's the laziest dog I've ever met and crafty too.
A few times, I put her in the back with the rest so then- she hid underneath until all others were loaded up and the back door was shut.
Once or twice I caught her out by letting her jump into the footwell, then catching her and putting her in the back.
So of course now, she hides underneath until I have got in and then jumps up under my legs, onto the cubby box and into her crate 😀
Crosshair - how many dogs?!
8 now, lost my old Springer a couple of months ago (the one in both these pics)
Have been up to 13 before.
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Brilliant! That's some pack.
Are the springers related?
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Three are. Left to right is Fern who died. You can't believe she was 13!! Then Lilly, her 8 year old daughter, then her 5 year old daughter Maple.
Briar on the right is unrelated but if she's any good then I will breed her to Maples brother (choice of two sold to friends) to get back to Ferns line.
I tried to breed Lilly but she wouldn't have it and Maple is great but too small.
The lab is from my line too- a grand daughter of my best Lab. Sadly, the year she died, I also lost her daughter too so I'm a couple of years behind with them really. I did have an unrelated Yellow one waiting in the wings but never gelled with her so she's now doing really well with a friend who loved her from the moment he saw her.
It seems like a lot of dogs but by the time you discount the old ones who need lots of rest and the young ones who don't know the job- you only need two in season and one with a cut pad or something and you suddenly have one dog left- and it's usually the worst trained one 😀
My field spaniel sleeps in a crate in the conservatory at night and has a bed in living room during the day. Her favourite place to sleep is in her car create.
Right now though she is sleeping next to me on the sofa as today she has decided to be a knob and bark every time I leave her. We have relatives stayng so I can't leave her to bark. It is like looking after a baby