Is it right to take the pet to sleep in his bed

Today we share with you the story of Bill Barolo - owner of two Labradors, who is convinced that take pets in your bed at night is not only possible, but necessary.

One night in 1998, my wife and I fell asleep and forgot to put our puppy Maggio (our first dog) on ​​his couch, so he silently fell asleep on the bed between us.

The next morning we woke up and found that there are no catastrophic consequences this has not resulted in our heads came a wonderful thought: "Hmmm. Dog sleeping on the bed. Comfortably situated close to the people. Not bad. Perhaps, in some ways this is good. "

No one knows exactly how many people let their pets sleep with them in the same bed. But two studies presented last year at the annual meeting of the Joint Professional Sleep Societies (Associated Professional Sleep Societies), confirmed that any animal lover like me can tell you: "We are very much, and we go around like a zombie. "

In the first study, 298 people were interviewed. About half of them take pets (mostly dogs than cats) sleep in his bed. One third of respondents reported that their pets their wake once a night (at least). 63% of respondents who shared a bed with your pet more often than four nights a week, said that they have noticed a sharp deterioration

sleep quality. According to the results of another study, 10% of pet owners feel annoyed when their pets keep them from sleeping. I'm certainly no expert, but this figure (10%) seems to me a minor.

I recently held an annual physical and my doctor asked me if I had a good sleep. I told him that is not very good. I had a suspicion that a certain role to play my dogs. "You and your wife let your dog sleep with you in bed?" - I asked the doctor. "Yes" - I replied. "What breed is your dog?" - questioning the doctor went on. I replied that Labradors. And as soon as I said this, immediately I realized how ridiculous it sounded.

The doctor blinked 40 seconds, and then said incredulously: "Labrador Retrievers? Labrador? That's right, plural? ". "Yes" - I replied in a still small voice, hoping to sink into the ground.

Yes, now I have two Labrador. One - his name is Scout - 11 years old and weighs 27 kilograms. Second pet named Roxy four years, his weight - 25 kg.

Roxy and Scout are not too big for Labradors, but they have an eternal desire to sleep well, and they do not take away more than half of our bed.

Dogs love to lie down in the middle of our big bed, while we with my wife Jennifer often have to huddle around the edges.

I know that I do not at hand. Harvard Medical School experts say that lack of proper sleep very negative impact on our mood, ability to make decisions, cognitive opportunities, the ability to learn and remember information, as well as increases the risk of an accident or get injured.

Chronic lack of sleep can cause a variety of serious health problems, including obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease and even premature death.

Yet night after night, I and my wife - two adults, who are trained their dogs and treat them strictly enough, persistently call them to order - can not stoop to in order to get rid of the dogs from the bed and in the morning wake up grumpy and feel violent.

I decided to communicate on this subject with their friends and acquaintances. A friend of mine kunhaund weighing 38 kilograms who loves to sleep with him in the same bed. As the owner of the dog says to him from this uncomfortable. He is trying to teach your pet to sleep in a different place, but so far without success. The second friend of mine says that recently, when her two-year German dog jumped on the bed at two in the morning, it is about an hour trying to come to terms with this, and then went to sleep on the sofa.

I think (no disrespect to our younger brothers), that dogs - great manipulators. And perhaps they, like people, want a simple comfort. It is understandable why they prefer the bed floor and even the luxurious and expensive dog couch.

Nor should we ignore the comfort and joy that you experience, curled up next to the dozing dog or cat. In addition, pets with warmer, their body temperature by a few degrees higher than ours.

Psychologist Stanley Coren recalls thinking anthropologists who believe that a person's desire and / or home pet to share one bed for two can be not just a whim on the part of you or your pet - the roots of the behavior much deeper.

And, frankly, I'm difficult to abandon an elementary comfort that I feel when I hear a muffled snore Roxy or quiet snore Scout, under which I sleep appeasement. These sounds I have been associated with the end of the day, home and security. about three o'clock in the morning I often feel that the dogs took up too much space. Instinctively, I try to push them, but make it so weak that the dog did not even wake up, and I, as usual, pull away to the edge of the bed. Night after night.

And you allow her a pet to sleep with you in bed?