[Closed] Where does your dog sleep at night?

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,

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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?

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