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Have you ever wondered if sleeping with your dog is good for you? Well, there has been a lot of research done to say that it is. Sleeping with your dogs helps reduce stress and anxiety. It may even help you if you have trouble falling asleep or have insomnia.
Sleeping with your dog helps you feel safer too. I mean, you have your biggest protector next to you when you’re most vulnerable. Not to mention that it build a stronger bond between you and your pooch. Do you share your bed with your pet? Tell us in the comments down below!
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Research says that sleeping with a dog provides comfort and security
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Sleeping with a dog is very comforting for a lot of people. 56 percent of dog owners say that they sleep with their dogs next to them. Research says that women feel safer sleeping with a dog than with a cat or even another human being.
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It’s also said that sleeping with your dog boosts and helps mental health
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In 2012, a study showed that pets help relieve mental issues like stress and anxiety. Human-animal contact benefits such factors as cortisol, heart rate, and blood pressure. And it may reduce stress-related factors such as epinephrine and norepinephrine, lower aggression, enhance empathy, and improve trustworthiness and trust in others.
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Sleeping with your pupper may also help you if you have insomnia
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If you feel safe and less stressed with your dog nearby, it’s natural that it will be easier to fall asleep. So if you have troubles sleeping or have insomnia, try it out. Perhaps your furry friend is all you need?
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Sleeping with your dog is good for them too
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Most dogs love to snuggle and sleep next to their owners. It’s warmer, comfier and they feel like they’re part of the pack!
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Keep in mind that sleeping with your dog can cause allergies or make them more severe if you already have them.
Also, it may be a way to spread disease if your pup likes to eat things off the ground or doesn’t like to get washed often.
You may also rethink it if your dog is very big and active.
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Fiona Parky 4 years ago
Yea, no one saying your dog sharing your bed is relaxing has ever had to share one with Sookie! She snores. She’s able to turn into some sort of non Newtonian liquid that fills all available space. She complains loudly if you dare to try and move. She randomly wakes you up by sneezing in your face. Finally, there’s the farts. Sookie’s farts are technically illegal under the Geneva Convention. I’m sure they count as chemical warfare. We still put up with all of this for one reason. She’s so flaming cute when she’s asleep.
Susan Green 4 years ago
There was research done to realize this? Anyone who has a dog or a cat, didn’t need research to know this.
Viviane 4 years ago (edited)
The anecdotes from pet owners may say this, the research documents and confirms it. This kind of research can help people with certain issues, such as someone with anxiety or a child with autism. It can be useful information for therapists, social workers, dog trainers, etc. Obviously, there's more to it than subscribing a pet (not everyone makes a good pet owner, but they may be fine as volunteers in a shelter).
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Zephyr Anthem 4 years ago
I agree on the fact that it's awesome to cuddle with you dog. But it creates and accentuates separation anxiety. And I speak from experience. My dog had severe separation anxiety and me my bf were hopeless, we tried everything and she would howl and refuse to eat, destroyed many things. A dog educator came and said, that our dog needed to be able to be independant even in our company (which meant no interractions if she was asking for it : petting, comming on the couch, playing...) and she had to have only one bed (we use to have several and she slept in the one closer to us each time we changed room) and she must not in any given circumstance sleep with us. After only two days of following the rules, no more stress when we weren't home. Even after lockdowns were over and we had to go back to work. We've been a bit lax on the no bed rule for a few weeks and she started to go back to her velcro dog habbit and seemed to be more anxious when we weren't focussed on her. So yeah, no bed.
zite 4 years ago
It makes so much sense! We recently adopted a dog. My bf is against sharing the bed with a dog. That's fine. Few times when I was alone and didn't feel good I brought the dog to bed with me for some cuddles. After each time he would bark when left alone at home. Never had a problem with barking before, and it all fixes itself after couple of days. Not sure how to bond without him going crazy
Load More Replies... WildHoneyPie 4 years ago
Nope, can't do it this way. My dogs get way too dirty just from our backyard. Plus they shed too much. But they do sleep on their beds in our bedroom. Well, one bed. Our cat appropriated the newest one and the dogs won't evict her.
cassiushumanmother 4 years ago
I used to sleep with my late american stafforshire terrier, and with my late cat too, and with my first rabbit, but my current dog (finnish lapphund) is wild. "Why would i sleep next to a human heater with all that fur?I don't need you hooman!" so sometimes i'm just awarded with a rabbit sleepingbuddy, not often so i feel privileged when i woke up like that. This pic was taken just few days after i adopted her so it was a priceless reward. 20180818_1...f67653.jpg 
Colin Matthews 4 years ago
My Terrier Cross started at the foot of the bed, then as the nights got colder he inched his way up. Now he just sneaks under the covers and curls up next to me. But not till my wife brings up his bedtime toy antler. Such a wee toddler. Tonk-60f91...f0e7a8.jpg 
Kara Fidei 4 years ago
I currently have two Boston Terriers, sisters 2 years old. Most of my dogs up until now have been senior 'end of life' rescues, who tend to be deep, quiet sleepers. My two latest dogters have been much more of a challenge. First, they are always cold and I am always hot, so I have to sleep with two 20 lb hot water bottles pressed up against me whether I like it or not. Second, they manage to take up most of a queen size bed, and almost all of the sheets. Third, these dogs enjoy my bed so much that they frequently unmake the bed, so they can get under the covers for midday naps. The problem is that I love my sheets to be immaculate white, but the girls think nothing of going for a dip in their pool, having a romp thru the back yard, maybe digging a hole or just rolling in the flowerbed and then climbing in bed for a nap. Imagine rubbing a cup of wet dirt and grass on every inch of your clean white sheets...
zite 4 years ago
Maybe few blankets on top of bed sheets would do it? They will go to the blankets, not sheets
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lara 4 years ago
We have six dogs. We have had as many as twelve at a time. They slept wherever they damn well pleased. In bed, on the bed, on us, under the bed, behind the bed, across the bed, vertically, horizontally, on their backs, on their tummies, slanted from corner to corner, across the pillows, over the pillows, under the pillows, making a nest of the blankets and on top of us.
Lynne Stark 4 years ago
I agree except I have to run my sheets through the washer twice each weekly bedding change. A small price to pay. And I just bought new yellow sheets to march my yellow dog
Fiona Parky 4 years ago
Yea, no one saying your dog sharing your bed is relaxing has ever had to share one with Sookie! She snores. She’s able to turn into some sort of non Newtonian liquid that fills all available space. She complains loudly if you dare to try and move. She randomly wakes you up by sneezing in your face. Finally, there’s the farts. Sookie’s farts are technically illegal under the Geneva Convention. I’m sure they count as chemical warfare. We still put up with all of this for one reason. She’s so flaming cute when she’s asleep.
Susan Green 4 years ago
There was research done to realize this? Anyone who has a dog or a cat, didn’t need research to know this.
Viviane 4 years ago (edited)
The anecdotes from pet owners may say this, the research documents and confirms it. This kind of research can help people with certain issues, such as someone with anxiety or a child with autism. It can be useful information for therapists, social workers, dog trainers, etc. Obviously, there's more to it than subscribing a pet (not everyone makes a good pet owner, but they may be fine as volunteers in a shelter).
Load More Replies... Zephyr Anthem 4 years ago
I agree on the fact that it's awesome to cuddle with you dog. But it creates and accentuates separation anxiety. And I speak from experience. My dog had severe separation anxiety and me my bf were hopeless, we tried everything and she would howl and refuse to eat, destroyed many things. A dog educator came and said, that our dog needed to be able to be independant even in our company (which meant no interractions if she was asking for it : petting, comming on the couch, playing...) and she had to have only one bed (we use to have several and she slept in the one closer to us each time we changed room) and she must not in any given circumstance sleep with us. After only two days of following the rules, no more stress when we weren't home. Even after lockdowns were over and we had to go back to work. We've been a bit lax on the no bed rule for a few weeks and she started to go back to her velcro dog habbit and seemed to be more anxious when we weren't focussed on her. So yeah, no bed.
zite 4 years ago
It makes so much sense! We recently adopted a dog. My bf is against sharing the bed with a dog. That's fine. Few times when I was alone and didn't feel good I brought the dog to bed with me for some cuddles. After each time he would bark when left alone at home. Never had a problem with barking before, and it all fixes itself after couple of days. Not sure how to bond without him going crazy
Load More Replies... WildHoneyPie 4 years ago
Nope, can't do it this way. My dogs get way too dirty just from our backyard. Plus they shed too much. But they do sleep on their beds in our bedroom. Well, one bed. Our cat appropriated the newest one and the dogs won't evict her.
cassiushumanmother 4 years ago
I used to sleep with my late american stafforshire terrier, and with my late cat too, and with my first rabbit, but my current dog (finnish lapphund) is wild. "Why would i sleep next to a human heater with all that fur?I don't need you hooman!" so sometimes i'm just awarded with a rabbit sleepingbuddy, not often so i feel privileged when i woke up like that. This pic was taken just few days after i adopted her so it was a priceless reward. 20180818_1...f67653.jpg
Colin Matthews 4 years ago
My Terrier Cross started at the foot of the bed, then as the nights got colder he inched his way up. Now he just sneaks under the covers and curls up next to me. But not till my wife brings up his bedtime toy antler. Such a wee toddler. Tonk-60f91...f0e7a8.jpg
Kara Fidei 4 years ago
I currently have two Boston Terriers, sisters 2 years old. Most of my dogs up until now have been senior 'end of life' rescues, who tend to be deep, quiet sleepers. My two latest dogters have been much more of a challenge. First, they are always cold and I am always hot, so I have to sleep with two 20 lb hot water bottles pressed up against me whether I like it or not. Second, they manage to take up most of a queen size bed, and almost all of the sheets. Third, these dogs enjoy my bed so much that they frequently unmake the bed, so they can get under the covers for midday naps. The problem is that I love my sheets to be immaculate white, but the girls think nothing of going for a dip in their pool, having a romp thru the back yard, maybe digging a hole or just rolling in the flowerbed and then climbing in bed for a nap. Imagine rubbing a cup of wet dirt and grass on every inch of your clean white sheets...
zite 4 years ago
Maybe few blankets on top of bed sheets would do it? They will go to the blankets, not sheets
Load More Replies... lara 4 years ago
We have six dogs. We have had as many as twelve at a time. They slept wherever they damn well pleased. In bed, on the bed, on us, under the bed, behind the bed, across the bed, vertically, horizontally, on their backs, on their tummies, slanted from corner to corner, across the pillows, over the pillows, under the pillows, making a nest of the blankets and on top of us.
Lynne Stark 4 years ago
I agree except I have to run my sheets through the washer twice each weekly bedding change. A small price to pay. And I just bought new yellow sheets to march my yellow dog
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