Dogs are man’s best friends and most popular pets, who live side by side with people. However, different owners have views to what is allowed to their favorites, are different— One four-legged allowed to be exclusively in the local area, to others – in the home. But there is another category – dogs, which it is permissible to rest on the master’s bed, even when she is busy its rightful owner. Almost any dog will be happy to relax in such conditions, but why do dogs like to sleep with the owner, and why does the person agree to this?
Content
- 1. Details of the reasons
- 1.1. Individual characteristics
- 1.2. The owner taught
- 1.3. We are pressed to each other—
- 1.4. Dogs also value comfort
- 1.5. The smell beckons
- 1.6. Lack of attention
- 1.7. Family loneliness
- 1.8. Dog seeks protection
- 1.9. Pet guard
- 2. Roots of a problem dating back to childhood
- 3. Strong arguments of opponents
Details of the reasons
The owner’s bed attracts the attention of almost anyone four-legged, including dogs. But not everyone is allowed such liberties. Most dog breeders do not welcome the fact that their the dog will lie on sofas, armchairs or a bed. Last usually falls into the list of the most prohibited taboos. 
However, some owners do not take into account the rules. training break the established structure of the relationship between man and dog – leader-subordinate, and boldly let the pet in holy of holies. By the way, once a little peanut is enough allow you to spend the night in the bedroom, drive it out from such a convenient the place will be very, very difficult, even if the person has time reconsider your views.
If human weakness is understandable, then what is guided by a pet seeking to sleep next to the owner? Of course, the “dog’s soul”, like the human soul, is dark, but you can imagine what the pets are oriented to, trying to get into the bedroom.
Individual characteristics
It is difficult to imagine a serious watchdog in the owner’s bed. This is a working dog who is used to working 24 hours a day and without work begins to wither away. Will he be able to guard the yard, being in home? And besides, he is accustomed to street conditions and in the house he will be cramped and hot.
Another thing is the representative of the decorative breed, which is large part of the time is on the master’s handles? Would he want say goodbye to them for a long night? Unlikely-
The owner taught
If a puppy rests in bed from the first days of its appearance in the house the owner, as an adult, he will continue to do so, as used to. Therefore, pitying a 2-kilogram baby St. Bernard or dog, the owner does a “disservice” to himself – subsequently a bed he will have to share with the 100 kilogram “baby” occupying the lion’s share of the area.
We are pressed to each other—
In winter or in the off-season, during interruptions in heating, such a furry or smooth-haired but very warm friend may perform in as a heater. And sometimes they want to warm themselves, on the contrary, animals. Usually frozen or tiny doggies are frozen, who will cuddle with a person, hide under a blanket. Such behavior is understandable and associated with physiological characteristics animals.
Dogs also value comfort
These pets are very smart, and sometimes tricky. They immediately catch the difference between a human bed and your own bed, choosing as the most convenient first option. Of course, sometimes animals on the beds are hard, especially in hot weather, but some of them suffer all the “inconvenience.” Others temporarily go under bed. 
In this case, the owner should evaluate the quality of the sunbed four-legged comrade. Perhaps the dog has outgrown him and does not fit on the mattress. Or does he like to periodically be away from human eye, prefers to sleep under a blanket, which in the presence of the usual lounger is impossible. It’s worth thinking about a house for a pet – if it is a small pet or a personal coverlet.
The smell beckons
As you know, dogs that are left alone, bored and sometimes experiencing too strong emotions. Reduce Pet Anxiety succeeds when he climbs onto the master’s bed, catching him smell left on the pillow.
Lack of attention
All dogs are different – one is enough to get a couple of times a day a portion of petting from the owner to satisfy his own needs. But this applies more to street dogs. To the rest this is not enough, especially if the owner works for days or often travels.
With a lack of time, a person has less contact with his four-legged friend, and he tries to compensate for this, falling asleep in legs of the adored master. This behavior is akin to passive pressure – a dog without obsession and aggression achieves the desired, including sneaking into the owner’s bed.
This situation requires a delicate approach. For any trying to drive the dog will caress, feed his paw, trying plaintively look into the eyes. And if you show rudeness, the dog anger will build up, which sooner or later will make the dog naughty and uncontrollable.
How to solve a problem, a person determines on his own, but if due to a good reason it is not possible to pay due attention a four-legged friend, it’s worth a little concede. For example, if the owner does not want to share the bed with the pet, you can lay him rug in your own bedroom or let sleeping in an armchair the beds.
Family loneliness
Pets often do not have enough interpersonal contacts with the owner and other family members, even if everyone is at home. When all the households busy, the dog may experience stress that can develop into deepest depression. This is very harmful to the psyche of the animal, can affect not only the emotional state, but also the physical pet’s health.
To be “on the margins” of the family’s life for the dog, which is her part, it can be very, very hard, and the closed bedroom door able to aggravate this situation. No extra minutes for pet? You can expand the scope and let it in the bedroom, at least for a rug, a dog will definitely appreciate a similar gesture. But better yet take time to communicate with him. 
A person should be more attentive to the behavior of the pet, so how a dog can attract his attention in various ways, including The numbers are not always acceptable. Even a dog’s punishment can perceive as a positive phenomenon, because in this case a person in contact with the four-legged. This can happen if the dog intimidated and does not know that communicating with people can be otherwise. A also during severe depression.
Dog seeks protection
With the right relationship, the dog will idolize the owner, considering him the leader, the leader of the pack, that is, the family. AND, naturally, in fear, she will seek protection precisely from man, believing that there is no one bolder, braver and more fair.
Dogs often make their way to the master bedroom during bad weather, especially when lightnings appear and thunder booms. Fireworks, salutes, the noise of a nearby construction site and other disturbing phenomena also make the four-legged seek protection. Can scare an animal guests remaining to spend the night in the house, others suddenly appearing pets, new noisy household appliances—
Fear is not the best feeling that a dog can fight alone it’s very difficult, and before correcting the situation, it’s worth taking the ward under protection. Of course, not everyone agrees to invite the dog to a bed, and this is not required. Generally encourage cowardly behavior in dogs – stroking, regretting, treating with treats, not recommended. The dog decides that fear allows you to receive “bonuses” and will react in this way to any stimuli.
Dog huddled under the bed and does not want to go out? Not It is advisable to focus on this point. Specialists advise owners not to react to such behavior and conduct yourself as if nothing was happening. Also should not try screaming at the dog, pulling its paws, trying to kick it out.
With the right reaction of a person, the fright of an animal will not develop into phobia, and will remain only a reaction to a sudden phenomenon. Similar reflexes in the wild help wild animals survive in harsh conditions.
Pet guard
Often the desire to be near the owner 24 hours a day is due to pet instinct. Only being nearby can a dog dozing off, catching strange rustles, but knowing that her man is safe.
Similar, seemingly good intentions have a reverse side. Such a watchful watchman will inspect during the night territory, looking in all angles, react violently even to insignificant noise, and also, possibly, the protected plot. The latter feature relates to dominant males.
Roots of childhood
Experienced dog handlers recommend newbie breeders enough time to raise a pet, and do it It follows from the first days of the appearance of the puppy in the house. It is important to inform immediately pet about subordination – the baby must understand who is above all on the hierarchical ladder and is not going to concede this place the dog.
This is not only to make the dog listen better owner and obeyed. If the pet accepts the authority of the owner properly, later on during illness, injury, fright, he will seek protection from the owner.
Orphaned puppies, man-fed, initially perceive the breadwinner for the leader, because the life of the crumbs depends on him. Blind the kitten survives only if the nanny gives him a lot attention and copes with all maternal functions – feeding, stimulating the intestines and bladder, washing, training, warming.
For such a dog, its owner will remain a protector for life. Artificial kids often sleep next to a person, change this state of affairs or leave it as is – a balanced decision the owner. But experts do not recommend drastic changes. 
Dogs that are too attached to the owner can seek more than just get into the owner’s bed, but also take a place on the person himself. how managed to find out, dogs can calm not only its smell, coming from the body, but also the beat of the heart. It reminds of children’s memories, a period spent in the womb, and after about warm moms. This unconditioned reflex allows the animal to calm down and to sleep calmly.
If the owner could not earn credibility with the four-legged comrade, did not become a leader for him, then the dog must a step will take. Then their rules in the house will not be set the owner, and the pet, and where to sleep, he also decides.
But the desire for dominance may arise in raised dog, for example, during adolescence. A grown puppy may suddenly stop listening, his actions become masterful and even impudent. Naturally, that such behavior is recommended to strictly suppress – reins boards should always be in the hands of man.
Dogs can also behave during sexual drive when they are hormones affect the emotional state. In a similar situation, the dog can defiantly lie on the master bed or climb, when the owner goes to bed. So he’s kind of confirms its supremacy.
Dog handlers do not recommend allowing such a pet’s behavior, if it belongs to a breed whose representatives possess innate tendency to dominate the host. To this group include:
- dogue de bordeaux;
- Cane Corso;
- American Staffordshire Terrier;
- Doberman
- akita inu;
- Central Asian Shepherd Dog;
- Tibetan mastiff, etc.
Strong arguments of opponents
Dogs are pack animals that perceive family exactly as this unit of society. In the wild, the leader of the pack is always higher than other members, both in figurative and direct sense. It is located on a hill, monitors the order and other brothers. He never loses watch and thanks to strength, it holds its position.
How does the dog perceive permission to sleep in the owner’s bed? Correctly, as a raise, a rise in hierarchical stairs, and one level with the owner. And even if a person not interested in conventions, and he does not mind that his four-legged the pet rested nearby, sooner or later he would have to face the consequences of such carelessness:
- the dog ceases to see in the owner of the real owner, which means considers that he has no right to command;
- gradually the dog begins to set the mode itself – to get up in the mornings will be upon her wake;
- Today, the pet curls up in its legs, and tomorrow – imposingly falls apart in the center, refusing to move.
But not only pet behavior is associated with their discontent dog breeders who do not accept finding a pet in own bed:
- Animals can be carriers of parasites – fleas, worms, whipworms, ticks. Moreover, even regular prevention cannot protect a pet from them, which means parasites can always move from dog to person during a joint sleep
- Not all dogs are cleanliness – some like to wallow in mud or feces, others let drooling, third – have a steady dog smell. In addition, knots in estrus is definitely not a place on furniture. Even if you wash your dog’s paws after every walk, there is no guarantee that he doesn’t have any pollution or dangerous salmonella.
- Among dogs, there are often “snores” – this is especially true for representatives of breeds with a shortened muzzle, an elderly animal, and the latter are also often suffer from increased gas formation.
Many owners whose pets rest with them confidently they say that in such a neighborhood their sleep improves, and in the morning they Feel awake and rested. But after statistical survey revealed a slightly different picture. 
Only 10% were really satisfied with this situation. dog breeders. And among 58% of people in whose beds they constantly sleep four-legged pets, in 35% of sleep significantly worsened. A 10% owners displeased with the manner in which they sleep dogs, they are annoyed by paws spread in different directions, snoring, specific aroma and other “charms” of such close contact.
Yes, the dog is a faithful, faithful friend, but still remains a pet. Do not humanize the dog and think that he needs the same comfort as the rest of the family. If the pet sleeps in the owner’s bed, then do not evaluate it as arrogance, in fact, in such a situation is to blame exclusively human.
