Where do your pooches sleep?

[Minno]

So, my confession is that our Miniature Doberman Pincer (MinPin), Mischief is a freeze baby, and he sleeps under the covers with us in bed every night. He's a hog too, and I usually end up with very little of the mattress to call my own. I sometimes feel like the peanut butter in a sandwich that got sat on!

Kay

[cclarkego]

My male lab sleeps on a dog bed on the floor until bedtime, then he moves up onto the front sofa. My female lab wouldn't dream of sleeping anywhere but up on the bed with me. There we also have the two cats to keep us company. One big happy family...

[bugnot1]

Originally Posted by Xray

Just three dogs and the two of us. We use our dinette sleeper for two of the pooches (as most Russell folks can attest, ours sleeps with us in our bed, of course! ).

Just curious, what do you do?

I dropped the dinette table in our 34......one big crate on each booth on the bottom and a medium one crosswise between them; then the top condos are three medium crates across the top. Each dog (7) have their own crate - except for two schnauzers who love their 'roomies'......and the toy who shares space with our 15y/o cat, Petey. They love their crates - and have used this arrangement since they were pups. They take their runs and outs in groups....eat, drink, and then want back in their own space to sleep.....except for one little white schnauzer who decorates my pillow with his presence every night.......that's 'Kruizin Dude'......he rules! Size wise we go from a 110# Giant Schnauzer to a 10# Toy Schnauzer - and a 15# cat. It works just fine - and no one wants to break into our coach

jan

jan

[MonaxLisa]

My Great Dane sleeps on the couch or the bed, my Husky sleeps on the floor, and my cats are everywhere!

[batman]

Great thread. I love seeing the photo's of all of our four legged travelers. We have 3 girls that think the safari is there house. We put a couple ceder beds on the floor. But they usually end up on the bed with us. But there not spoiled or anything

[RangerJay]

I don't think I've ever seen so many spoiled dog pictures in one place! - I'm feeling guilty -"Attica" obviously suffers cruel and unusual punishment! - she sleeps ... with her "blankey" ... on a rug ... on the floor .....


Jay

[TinShack]

Moose sleeps on his cow skin rug under the dinette at night. During the day while lounging about camp he sleeps in his very own doggy lawn chair.

[NicheVintage]

Ca Streamer. Where did you find the doggie lawn chair.

It's Awesome!

[Bird's Nest]

We cover the sofa in the Westy with a full sheet for Cooper our 22lb broken coat Jack Russell. I swear he sheds a new dog every week. We put an orthopedic memory foam dog bed on the sofa for added comfort. During travel he is attached to his seat belt for safety and sits behind Dad's driver seat so that he has a good view of his favorite person, Mom, in the passenger seat. He even has enough slack to jump off the sofa and use his bowls that sit on the floor. At night he is close enough that we can reach down from the bunk and pet him.

He never asks to come up and I would be afraid he would fall out of the bunk anyway. We never use the safety net.

The strange thing about Cooper is that when left in our truck he sits quietly and waits for our return. When we left him alone in the CCD we used to own he would howl and carry on. Now, when we leave him in the Westy he sits calmly like he he does in the truck. My theory is that he views the Westy more comparable to the Truck than the trailer.

[TinShack]

Originally Posted by NicheVintage

Ca Streamer. Where did you find the doggie lawn chair.

It's Awesome!

It's called a Coleman Bone Lounger...Google it. I bought it online but I can't remember where as it was about 3 years ago. He uses it all the time and loves it. He is about 110 lbs and he does bottom out when he lays in it. It's supposedly made for dogs UP to 100 lbs. They have other smaller sizes too. The good thing is it folds up into a nice little package that about 8"x40". It's made well and the fabric is cordura so it's easy to keep clean and doesn't act like a hair magnet!

[handyman1425]

My 90lb lab sleeps with me in a twin bed for now as soon as i move over to the 31'er we will have moore room.

[Grand Master]

No dog that's into Airstreaming should settle for less.

[bugnot1]

The 'Puppzz' (from 100#+ Giant Schnauzer to a -10#Toy Schnauzer) go to their crates - except for one little guy who 'owns' my pillow and sleeps with me (and has every night since he made his first appearance (that be the 'KRUIZIN DUDE'). As his name suggests, he's traveled EVERYWHERE. Our dogs are crate trained and love their own space. We dropped the dinette, removed the cushions, and installed their crates in that area. We put the two big crates on each end with a medium in the middle and mediums across the top. We fit in 6 Precision crates....one large crate is shared by two 'buddies'. We have a similar arrangement in our 20-something Holiday Rambler. The 'crate arrangement' works great - they love their own space - and as it sits opposite the galley, they are all able to observe Mom preparing any and all good tasting things. They've all been trained to their crates - and have 'camped' since they were puppies.

Yes, we do rotate 'dogs in bed'.......except for Kruizin-Dude. All the others 'rotate' turns sleeping with us - and since they've always done that, it's fine with them. Since they're all schnauzers, the only time we have trouble is when we get out of sync, they remind us where we 'messed up' - then all is peaceful again.

jan

[rebelstand]

Originally Posted by Grand Master

No dog that's into Airstreaming should settle for less.

If we tried to get one of those for Drake the 145lb Dane we'd need a truck to tow it with!

[webtrippin]

We've got 2, one likes to take up as much room on the bed as possible (see below) and the other is content on her $100 Martha Stewart dog bed that sits on top of the couch on the lounge.

[batman]

We had our 3 dogs plus 2 others this week. Thor claimed the front as his.

[Fly at Night]

This thread is hilarious! Airstreamers are big dog people.

BTW, it's 8:49 on a Sunday morning and the snoring and farting beagle is still in bed -
my bed.

[Bill M.]

Any where she wants.
and Fly at Night is lucky. Our dog wants out at 5:30 am.

[ROBERT CROSS]

Right here....'til it's bedtime.

[ROBERT CROSS]

Dusk to Dawn it's leaping Poo-dog, Bob,Sandra Bob,Sandra....

This particular morning DW was chosen.