Pup Test

[soc_puppet]

After getting to have a puppy sleepover two nights in a row earlier this month, on account of Fireworks Suddenly Scary, Molly has decided that this means every night is a puppy sleepover night!

Unfortunately, I disagree with this. We are both restless sleepers, and despite her being less than a tenth of my mass and me having an XL Twin instead of a standard, there isn't enough room on the bed for both of us.

Still, if she were willing to sleep on the floor instead, I thought it was possible we could work something out! So I bought her a (super cheap) spare bed to try it out. It didn't work.

Mom directed me to a larger spare bed we had in storage; open to the possibility that Molly just wanted a larger bed space, I brought it downstairs and set it next to my bed. That didn't work, either.

Tonight, knowing what was coming, I brought her "favorite" bed with me when I went downstairs, hoping she would take the hint. I then left her alone in my room while I took care of my nightly hygiene activities (about twenty minutes). When I returned to my room, she was laying in the second bed. Success!

I laid down in my own bed, getting ready to give this new setup a try. If it worked, I would have to rearrange a few things in my room, and possibly adjust my own sleep schedule (Molly's morning walks take place at least an hour before I'm up most days), but it would be kinda nice to have a sweet pupper for company in the evenings.

Less than a minute after I got settled in bed myself, Molly got up and started whining. I gave up and managed to usher her back upstairs, where she actually didn't chase me back to the stairs for once.

If I didn't have work in the morning, I may have been more open to testing either of our patience; tonight, I'm just glad she didn't follow me when I left her upstairs.

Comments

[jesse_the_k]

Best of luck! Sleeping in her bed in your room is a big plus.

[soc_puppet]

I feel like it would be a really good compromise, if Molly understood what a "compromise" is 😂

[mistressofmuses]

Our older dog can't sleep on the bed anymore (too much risk he'll hurt himself jumping off, and both days he's woken up unable to walk have been after he was on the bed.) But he still *wants* to be on the bed, so he winds up waking me up several times a night to tuck him back in on his bed on the floor.
The younger dog is smaller, and still sleeps on our bed, though fortunately she's mostly a fairly easy sleeping companion.

But I feel you on the space issues. The full-size bed does not feel like near enough space for two adults and a 45-lb dog... and it was worse with the 65-lb dog up there as well!

I wish you could find a good way to have permanent puppy sleepovers that still let you sleep!

[soc_puppet]

Oof, sympathies for Cy; I also don't want Molly jumping down from my bed. I used to have a shorter bed frame, but ended up with one that's twice as tall as my old one, and Molly still insists on trying to jump down from it. I try to prevent it as often as I can, but she's a wily one.

Maybe someday we'll work it out; not tonight, though.