Labradoodle & Goldendoodle Forum
Is there some sort of behavioral consequence that I'm not aware of that will result from him sleeping with me? My intuition says there isn't and it's just like a pack sleeping together and he will still regard me as alpha (which I would like to maintain because as my trainer puts it, "He'll always run for higher office," like her miniature poodle). I just want to make sure that this is okay and I'm not missing something.
The reason I ask is because the past two nights I've been transitioning him to sleep in my room from the laundry room. The first night was not fun-- not terrible, but could have been way better. He got up every hour to say hi to my guinea pig and whined a bit. Last night after he couldn't settle down on his own as quick as I would have liked him too (I was tired from the previous night, lol), I invited him on the bed. He wasn't sure why, so I had to wrestle with him a bit to get him to lay down and after that something clicked for him and finally knew that I was trying to sleep, so he should sleep too. I didn't invite him the first night because I knew he liked to sleep on the tile floor in the laundry room (he wouldn't use his bed). And my yellow lab, Bonny, preferred to sleep in her bed beside my bed, so I haven't dealt with this before.
I don't mind him being on my bed, because I surround myself with pillows to help me feel more surrounded and secure in my bed anyway. He was a great sleeping partner last night except for when my fish had a short midnight squabble (they don't normally do this, but of all the nights...) in their tank and he barked and growled feeling the need to protect me, lol. He never left the bed, but kept close watch in the dark for about an hour before he decided that it was completely safe again and went back to sleep. I figure it will just take him time to get used to the new sounds. He's been in my room multiple times before, but he's more aware of things now and it doesn't help that he is super tall.
Anyway... just wanted to make sure that I didn't do something that I might regret later.
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HAHA Jen, the shortest and best answer. Enough said!!! :)
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