The Surprising Secret To A Good Sleep Involves Your Dog!

Sharing your bed with your pooch could see you have a better nights sleep according to new scientific research.

A new study has found that allowing your dog to sleep on your bed can lead to a better nights sleep kiss1065.com.au reports. The study found that while cats and other people could cause sleep disturbance, dogs were unique in helping a person sleep better.

Comfort and Security

962 women in the US took part in the study which examined their sleep quality and sleep routine in relationship to pet ownership and bed sharing. It was found that having a dog share your bed created strong feelings of comfort and security, both conducive to sleep, and far outranked the positive sleep effects of sharing your bed with cats or even your partner! Dog owners also tended to have a better sleep routine. “Dog ownership and its associated responsibilities may cause individuals to adhere to a stricter routine,” the study found. “Keeping to a consistent sleep schedule may be beneficial to dog owners.” If only dogs could also put kids to bed and prevent your partner from snoring!

The Importance of Boundaries

While we think the study proves just how important our dogs are to us, we also think it’s a good idea to keep some boundaries in place and remember that, as much as they may act like humans, we can’t always treat them like they are.

Having your dog in your bed shouldn’t come at the expense of a positive relationship with your partner or the cleanliness of your sheets!

So if it starts to become more of a hindrance then a help, maybe it’s worth setting up a spot for them on the floor instead.

Would you let your dog sleep in your bed every night? Let us know in the comments!

65 Comments

- - meedee said
  - 02 Jul 2023
    9:22 am
Im better off sleeping alone so no one annoys me and I dont have to worry about annoying anyone either

- - mom111059 said
  - 20 Nov 2019
    9:33 am
Not something that we have ever thought about. Definite NO.

- - mom323673 said
  - 13 Nov 2019
    6:38 pm
I don’t have a dog but sharing it with my husband and son doesn’t work!
- littlehandsofmine replied
  
  14 Nov 2019 , 11:44 am
  oh haha so true
- - Carly said
  - 12 Nov 2019
    11:03 am
Mine snores lol!!!

- - shanika said
  - 11 Nov 2019
    10:29 am
We don’t have pets.

- - MisChip said
  - 10 Nov 2019
    10:59 pm
I’m not sure that I like this. I don’t line any pets inside the house.

- - serotonin said
  - 10 Nov 2019
    11:32 am
I have my cat, sometimes when he feels like it. I have been looking at getting a dog though so we can go for walks and have a more active friend. I would let them sleep in my bed. I’m single so no worries about enough room.

- - celebrity said
  - 10 Nov 2019
    9:12 am
It makes sense, dogs have a calming sense about them. Lots of my friends let their dogs sleep with them.

- - taynik46 said
  - 10 Nov 2019
    8:10 am
in my past I have had dogs that have slept on the end of the bed (only to find them snuggled under the blankets when I woke up lol!) and I miss that, they were like a weighted blanket on my feet and I knew that I was protected and slept very soundly unless they woke me to go out to the toilet.

I have cats now and children and I find the cats migrate to the girls rooms when they go to bed, so I feel comfortable knowing that my girls have the same little body guards that I did when I was a kid.

If we ever get another dog it will be a big breed dog, so that might not be good for sleeping on the bed but I would be very happy to have them sleep in my room, or alternate between the girls rooms.

- - rnash02 said
  - 09 Nov 2019
    9:10 am
We don’t have a dog, but do shared our bed with cats

- - mom363826 said
  - 08 Nov 2019
    1:25 pm
Our Dog would love to sleep in our bed but he’s so hairy and rolls in too many things in the park for him to be allowed!

- - BellaB said
  - 07 Nov 2019
    6:59 pm
I loathe dogs. They’re not getting into my house, let alone my bed.

- - DaffyD said
  - 07 Nov 2019
    4:18 pm
No in so many ways, animals are not permitted in my bedroom let alone my bed

- - littlehandsofmine said
  - 07 Nov 2019
    2:49 pm
my dog takes over

- - mom152736 said
  - 07 Nov 2019
    1:27 pm
No way. I’m not a dog lover and dont own one but even if i did, i would let th edog sleep in my bed …

- - mom111059 said
  - 07 Nov 2019
    12:57 pm
We never have our dog in our bed. Sorry scientific research would be wrong with us. I think it would be annoying having a dog taking up room we don’t have in bed.

- - Mum2archer said
  - 07 Nov 2019
    11:10 am
Nope, not a fan of dogs in the bed at all

- - ella12 said
  - 07 Nov 2019
    9:50 am
The secret to a good night sleep for me is having the bed and blankets all to myself!

- - rovermum said
  - 07 Nov 2019
    9:13 am
Haha, you don’t know my dog. He’s a schnoodle and he would eat the doona whilst we were sleeping!!! He has to be an outside dog or he would eat the house from inside out. Hubby makes me feel safe! And our dog let’s me know if someone is outside.

- - mom371543 said
  - 07 Nov 2019
    6:56 am
Definitely feel safer and calmer with a dog