I can't sleep anymore. Need help keeping her off the bed!

[SSpiro]

She is about 2 years old, has been sleeping in our bed every night for the past 6-9 months easy. For us, its a nitemare. The second we pull the sheets up, she's up on the bed.

We tried positive redirection, we tried baby-gate'ing her in the master bath near our bed but she literally sat in front of the gate CRYING for 6 hours straight before I couldn't take it anymore. We can't crate her in the room because there is no room for another (other younger dog is crated in there)..although she is crate trained. I just can't leave her in her crate on the other side of the apartment.

We kick her off, easily count to 30 seconds, and she is back on again. This continues until we (wife or myself) gives in. Obviously logic says not to give in. However, I need my sleep.

I don't know what else to do :( I did search (although searching for 3-letter words like bed is not do'able), however all the threads were old and had no advice other then to crate train.

 

[sgbtab]

that is a hard one since she thinks it is her bed with the pack. usally when you let them sleep with you they never leave. I know I have 3 dog's in my bed and dh. although samson prefers the floor thank goodness but mattie and my pappillion stormee sleep everynight with us and dh say mattie is under the covers and out and under and out. as for me when I sleep a train could not wake me.

 

[SABoxerfan]

We let our lab sleep on our bed until she hit adolescence and started peeing on it, trying to be Miss Alpha.

We read that you should tie the dog to the foot of the bed in a way that they can move around but not jump onto it. We put a rug on the (cold, concrete) floor under our bed (it's REALLY high off the ground) so she'd have her own comfy spot, and leashed her to the post at the foot . . . she figured out the new rules in one night.

But . . . we had trained her that she couldn't get up on the bed without an invitation, so it might take a bit longer with your baby.

Good luck!

 

[SSpiro]

We let our lab sleep on our bed until she hit adolescence and started peeing on it, trying to be Miss Alpha.

We read that you should tie the dog to the foot of the bed in a way that they can move around but not jump onto it. We put a rug on the (cold, concrete) floor under our bed (it's REALLY high off the ground) so she'd have her own comfy spot, and leashed her to the post at the foot . . . she figured out the new rules in one night.

But . . . we had trained her that she couldn't get up on the bed without an invitation, so it might take a bit longer with your baby.

Good luck!

Not a bad idea. I may need to try that tonight.

How did you train her to stay off the bed unless invited?

 

[apollosdad]

unfortunately, you have some work on your hands. i am not really sure that you will be able to break your dog of that habit unless you are really stern, patient, and disciplined with the consistency that it will take. once a dog is allowed to sleep in their master's beds they consider it their beds. since your dog has been doing it for so long it will be very difficult to break them of that habit.

 

[TheBoxerCrew]

I had 3 boxers in-house (2 mine, 1 a long-term sitting for an ill friend) when I was pregnant with my son. For a while, there was ROOM for 175lbs of dog and me in a Full size bed. BUT as time went on, space grew limited..... I finally resorted to buying a crib mattress. I then cut an "eggcrate" pad to fit, and made sure it had fluffy/fuzzy bedding on it (yes, I made special bedding for it so it would be soft enough for the brats and not come off when they rooted around.). I kept that on my side of the bed on the floor and in the morning, I just pushed it underneath like a trundlebed. My male was the biggest, but there was NO WAY he was giving up his place on the bed. The 2 girls took turns sleeping on the "low bed". Granted, this meant there was a "changing of the guard" a couple times a night, but I finally got room I needed.

 

[boxer]

SSpiro: Why don't you try crating both dogs together elsewhere than your bedroom? If they're together but not in your room you might not get the same whining as you do when she's in your bathroom.

 

[SSpiro]

SSpiro: Why don't you try crating both dogs together elsewhere than your bedroom? If they're together but not in your room you might not get the same whining as you do when she's in your bathroom.

That could be an option too. I'm not sure how the younger one would react as he has always slept in his crate right next to my spot on the bed.. It's worth a shot.

Last night we tried tieing her at the bottom of the bed to the bedpost. This actually worked. There was a brief period of time where she tried to get on the bed but quickly learned it wasn't going to work and slept on a nice oversized pillow we layed down for her.

 

[bucca]

chloe sleeps with us everynite and i know it can be frustrating. there have been many times where i will just grab a pillow and head to the couch because im tired of fighting for blankets(my husband and dog get them all) or between the two snoring i cant sleep. we originally had a queen size but a few years ago went to king because of her. luckily maxi likes the couch or we would be in real trouble. so many night maxi and i sleep together her on one couch me on the other. its easier then fighting at 2 or 3 in the morning.

 

[magoo's_mama]

Magoo normally sleeps with us but when I was pregnant I had a hard enough time sleeping on my side that I could not sleep at all if Magoo was up there. It took about a week of him jumping up and me telling him off and then he would pace around the room and whine and jump back up I'd tell him off again, he'd pace some more, he would sleep on his bed awhile, jump back up, etc.. you get the picture. But after a week of being consistant he did stop the whining and the pacing and slept on his bed on the floor. I still let him up by telling him up and patting the bed but he has to wait for my cue.
It is possible you just have to be 100% consistant with the new routine.