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Well now that's NOT what I meant... get your mind out of the gutter for dawg's sake !
Seriously I thought with the three of them all being big dogs that maybe a dawg bed was in order so that one could lounge while the others try to crowd me off both couches and the chairs. But NOBODY will lounge ! Sure, they all checked it out - lay down for a spin - but now we're back to same ol', same ol'. Is there a spray-on version of catnip for dawgz I can use to lure them on to it? Is a dog bed something you have to start from puppydom? Anybody know any tricks of the trade I can use to encourage them to lounge ?

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I hafta admit, the title was catchy and quite clever When I was re-training Simon and Peaches to stay off the bed at night (we went from King size to antique Double - yikes!), I took "mommy shirts" (my recently worn headed for the washer tshirts) and stuffed em in between the bed and the cover. When it didn't smell quite so new and icky and more like me, they were more apt to settle into them on the floor next to me. Mind you I still have to endure raiding parties certain nights, but they adapted pretty quickly.

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I don't know if fabric softener is bad for their health or not, but my dogs tend to get amorous with their beds if I use Vanilla fleecy... They definitely prefer lying on a bed freshly washed and softened than a week old one. I think the trouble with human beds is that they smell too good. The sheets are clean (well... cleaner, maybe) and there's that fragrance of all the humans they love on there too. The dog beds just smell like.... dogs.

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This works with my little Lucy, but not sure how 3 dogs or a big dog would like it!

I kind'a lend some of my blanket to her right beside my bed. She sleeps on it and is quite happy. Of course she prefers to be right at my face on the pillow, but eventually she settles there.

The other night I guess I was too cold and pulled a bit of the blanket from under her(while we were both sleeping) and in the morning I found her laying against the side of the bed just to have her head on the little bit of blanket left there! I felt so bad! really bad!

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That's hilarious. The things we do and still we feel guilty.

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LOL! I recently bought a lovely big puffy dog bed for Chloe. She looked offended that I expected her to lie on the FLOOR on it.

The only ones who used it was the cats. I took it back the next day.

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Whenever I wash my dogs mats I have to use unscented stuff. Then the first time they lay on them they scrunch them all up into a ball all night long. The next couple of times they`ll leave them flat and lay on them through the night. Then the mats are all smelly again and we start all over again.

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No matter what I try I can't get Bailey to use a dog bed. He likes to sleep in our entryway where there is ceramic tile. I though that that couldn't possible be comfy for him to sleep on so I bought a nice fluffy mat to go in front of the door.

Apparently Bailey just prefers the tile becasue everytime he sleeps there he pushes the mat to the opposite side of the entryway

Granted that doesn't prevent him from launching himself onto the bed in the morning if Mom is not prompt enough with breakfast

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Originally Posted by BernerLver
No matter what I try I can't get Bailey to use a dog bed. He likes to sleep in our entryway where there is ceramic tile.

Spring, winter, summer, fall - no matter what the weather, Bridie sleeps in the bathtub during the day - in fact she can't seem to get me out of the bathroom and out the door soon enough in the morning !

I dunno I may have to get myself a third couch...

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Anything on the floor is soon covered with dogs.
My sons drop their coats on the floor, after school, and they hardly hit the floor before someones on top of them. I found Lacey in my oldest sons backpack one morning. On the whole though they like to be in their crates at night. Except for Buster who sleeps with my son.
I think that if you bought the dog bed and used it as a pillow for a night that doggies would think they were in heven when allowed to use it themselves.

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