We share our king sized bed with 4 bed-hogging doxies. It's not so bad when we're just relaxing and watching tv. They are usually all over the bed. But once we snuggle in for the night, the crowding begins.
It could be for warmth, or simply the really believe they are sharing the bed with us. At least once during the night I am awakened by a licker or crowder. They all want under the blankets at first, but sometime during the night, one or all of them, get too hot and the bed hogging begins. Try moving a 20lb dachshund when she's fast asleep and has crowded you to the edge of the bed. Or the stubborn one that insists upon sleeping IN the pillows.
People say "don't let them sleep with you." Sure, that's easy in theory, and sometimes they do wind up in the kennel for excessive crowding. For the most part, they expect to sleep with since they always have, and we've gotten (at least most of the time) used to them being there.
Right now I am sitting up in bed, and I have a dog on each side. They just want to be wherever we are, and that's comforting. Don't ask me how comforting it is at 3am and I am trying to move the 20 pounder over, as you might get a different answer.
When we are away from home over night, we don't know how to handle having the entire bed to ourselves. It really is a vacation! Soon, we'll have 12 nights away from them......and will no doubt miss them.....for a moment. Once we return, it'll be back to the "pushing and crowding" that happens every night......
Don't be fooled....we'll miss the bed hogging, crowding, pillow sleepers.
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