What do our pets do at night?

[Starfish]

I have the perfect cat. She's 16, and we've been together through it all.

She starts out the night curled up next to me, purring and cuddling. Then, after she sleeps there for awhile, some time in the night she moves over to her cat bed which is on a chair next to my bed. This is the perfect solution, because then if she wakes during the night for a bath, etc, she doesn't wake me up with all the movement.

I have a very soft, warm sweater in her bed as a liner, and if I wake up in the night, I will take both sleeves of the sweater and fold them over her so she is all tucked in and toasty. She loves this, and I'll wake up the next morning and she will still be all tucked in, sound asleep.

[jesvetmed]

Reading these are great for a smile over my morning coffee. Aren't pets the best!? For some of you, I'd highly recommend a squirt gun for a couple of nights -- that worked to stop my cat from pouncing on my various parts or trying to wake me to play through the night!

Now, I have an older lab (don't tell her she's older -- 10 is YOUNG), but she sleeps very soundly, and luckily only the soft rhythmic breathing -- no snoring. But she does chase rabbits (or birds) off and on. She wakes for nothing as long as DH is home... that is HIS job. When he isn't there she is "on duty" and barks at everything!

The cat usually just settles as close to my legs as possible (she's quite fond of any source of body heat!). She'll sleep till 6am, then it's time to get up -- weekend or not!

Jes

[trinena]

the 2 kitties are banned from the bedroom at night but they have their own bed with a brand new electric blanket. sometimes they chase each other around and sometimes curl up with each other.

this morning the little rose my husband was trying to resuscitate was limp in the middle of the rug. we use wall vase sconces to try to keep flowers away from kitty mouths but my guess is the little one managed to jump at it.

at 6am big kitty starts the campaign to end his hunger and his meows are anything but melodious and god forbid you try to attend to your own business before feeding them - he tries to take the door down.

our dog sleeps in his huge (great dane size) crate next to us (pic of his favorite position). he dreams and makes a number of sounds - including loud cow sounds (seriously) as he stretches. he's not a morning dog so thankfully he ignores the kitties in the a.m. when we've left the door open he still sleeps in his crate or on the floor. rarely does he want be on the bed save a for a quick nap (more to annoy the kitties since the bedroom is part of their domain during the day) or to try to bury a biscuit. i think the bed's too warm for him anyhow. and the 3 of us would not fit.

btw (sort of on topic question) has anyone had problems having their dog sleep in a tent with them for camping? he has to sleep with us but he's so hyper-aware of his surroundings and restless in new places. we'll have to really tire him out during the day.

[Flybye]

btw (sort of on topic question) has anyone had problems having their dog sleep in a tent with them for camping? he has to sleep with us but he's so hyper-aware of his surroundings and restless in new places. we'll have to really tire him out during the day.

Hahahaha...............

My husband took our son and Grandma Millie, ancient wiener dog, camping with him two summers ago. They crawled into the tent to catch some zzzzzz's for the night, only for my husband to discover that Grandma Millie had crawled into his sleeping bag first and let her bladder loose.

It wouldn't have been funny if it had happened to ME, but since it didn't, laugh away!!

[Skierchickie]

Wow - some are more productive than others, I guess!

Well, my kitties used to play "Smack Down" when they were younger - amazing how much noise a couple of 15lb cats can make while you're trying to sleep! Now they wait for a little while after bedtime treats, and then just come to bed - one snuggled on my shins or next to my feet, and the other one under my arm for a little while.

The doggie, on the other hand, comes to bed to get her treats, and then flings herself off the bed into the darkness every time a cat makes a sound from anywhere in the house. Being half Aussie, she isn't happy unless her whole flock is together at night. The thing is, she does the flinging quite violently, so if you're dozing off, you wake up with a racing heart. Sometimes Toby meows from the doorway, or the loft, knowing she'll come and stampede him. Anyway, things settle down once Toby & Bandit come to bed, and they're all pretty much one big pile of fur by morning. Sometimes Zoe has a kitty pillow.