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'spurt', being a 'drip under pressure'....so, 'expert'='former drip under pressure'.....! .

me.....

There's never been any question as to who is calling the shots around here. Even new foster cats beg to be let out of their "safe rooms" usually within 24 hours.

I was on an international conference call at work....at one point, you could hear a cat wailing.....Edward said, why don't you lock him in a room? The guy running the call said, "You've never had a cat before, have you, Edward?" That cracked everyone up.

Pets are family and if they want to sleep on their humans' beds they should unless there are allergy problems. I sleep with three cats who magically assume the size of water buffalo when the lights go out, so that's a bit of a challenge, but I like having them there anyhow. And the purring is nice.

my precious litlle girl sleeps with me every night....a 4# Chihuahua named Fajita..I live in the Southwest and she is my strength for the day ahead when I crawl out of bed in the morning. She gives me unqualified love and as I read into the quiet morning hours, she is snuggled up next to me...content, happy, and fast asleep. She knows when I am happy and when I am sad I do not know what I would do without her.

Love me a doggie. Been awhile though.

Knows your moods sounds like the springer I grew up with.( My bestie once passed a tick on to me - thus my nickname: flea ).

She was abandoned at birth and I raised her.

...some dogs need constant reminders of WHO is the alpha.

Your Chihuahuas are free to do otherwise

When I get into bed, he leaps on the bed and puts his head by my neck to cuddle for about 2 minutes, then goes down to the bottom of the bed for a few minutes and then to his bed. After he does all this, my cat gets on the bed to sleep with me. By morning, my cat has moved to another location and big puppy jumps back on the bed until i get up.

They have split the shift,!

in which she spends the night.

I think it is the oddest thing. We had several cats years ago. This is the first cat I have ever seen who wants to go to her own room and bed at night.

Has anyone else had such a cat?

We got her from the Humane Society in September. She was at that time listed as one year and a half. So she already had her habits. She had not been outside. We are taking her out on the leash. I hope to be able to let her go on her own in a week or two. I just want to make sure I can watch her now while she discovers the world outside the house.

Anyone hear of a cat that goes to her own room at night?

She gets all excited about it and leads me there. It's just the oddest thing ever in my view.

My dad had allergies so the cat wasn't allowed in the bedrooms, but she had a place in the basement laundry room - there was a bed for her on top of the dryer. She especially liked to sleep there when the dryer was running, and once she managed to turn it on by herself (whether accidentally or deliberately we will never know). Anyhow, every night at bedtime she'd stand at the top of the basement steps and meow until someone, usually Mom, walked her down the steps and "tucked her in." In the morning she'd be waiting behind the basement door to hang out with the family for the day.

happy to see me. It's just so odd.

Less chance they’ll get hurt, hit by a car, attacked, less chance to get FIV, etc. Cats are perfectly happy inside.

But some people don't care to be the alpha in the dynamic. But I do think it is possible to let dog sleep on bed and remain human alpha but it would have to be different in regard to other things (like food).

I think it's wise for humans to establish themselves as alpha with dogs if for no other reason the dog will listen to the human and thus possibly avoid great harm. I have a friend who has 2 dogs that don't listen at all and she in NOT their alpha by any means. This has resulted in harm to the dogs and herself. It's sad to see really. She loves them so but is a terrible owner because of the she's-not-their-alpha issues.

The dog of a non-alpha friend was VERY aggressive toward visitors, and particularly her boyfriend. Terrorized everybody.

Training one's dog is probably a much larger factor in how a dog behaves. JMO.

I've come to dislike dogs intensely because of so many people who can't be bothered to do the most basic training of their dogs. I do not want to listen to my neighbor's dog barking for hours at a time. I do not want a dog to jump up on me when I visit someone.

Too many people do not get that not everyone loves their dog as much as they do. And never tell my your dog (or your cat or your gerbil) is your child, because it's not.

In their queen human bed but I must behave and provide unlimited scratching or risk being kicked out.

to get you to behave!
I love having my female lab in bed. She's small for a lab, and so sweet. But she snores and makes other weird noises in her sleep.

I would never break-up my menagerie of fur and flesh in the bed.

Does he sleep with the pack or does he rent a room?

My dogs have always slept with me and I've always been the alpha.

Thereafter...the alpha male rarely has cause for aggression or violence toward subordinate wolves, instead asserting his dominance through a series of ritualized gestures, such as the alpha roll, scruff shaking and staring.

Only when new members arrive does the ritualized aggression to establish rank occur.

http://animals.mom.me/wolf-packs-pecking-order-3463.html

Where does the alpha dog sleep?

I kid you not. He's not really much of a bed sleeper, but every now and then he'll come up on the bed next to me and cuddle and then leave after a while.

Unless I fart - then he leaves immediately.

I'm an expert on the subject.

I didn't think it was the smell, since dogs don't seem to find that sort of thing offensive. But the sound drove him away.

Our dog worships my wife, but when she passes gas (like every night!) that dog is gone!

I didn't know she passed gas like that - until after I married her!

She doesn't post to or look at political sites, so I'm safe to report these things.

Chills, aches, coughing. Our cats Charlie and Andy have been snuggled here with me all day. Nothing better when you feel like crap.

no one challenges my authority in the household.

I have two beagles as well. The female curls up with us at night most of the time. The male does when he isn't feeling well or is frightened by a thunderstorm. They're both 11 years old so it's a bit late in the game to change that arrangement. They consider my husband the alpha.

All ours knew to leave when amorous activities commenced with my spouse -- then we both welcomed the critter(s) back.

the bed unless there is a thunderstorm. He can be aggressive, so we exercise more strict rules with him. My female dog is passive. She will defend herself, but she doesn't challenge authority. The worst aspect of her sleeping with us is her snoring. She's a cuddler.

Whether I want to or not, there's an enforced PLAY TIME, where we tug-o'war with the covers and assorted squeak-toys, with his gnawing on my LEFT (only) hand (I've got scratches and wounds). But as soon as I scratch the belly, it's all over and he goes into some kind of meditational state, soon after which it's all over and he retreats to his corner of the bed. He doesn't mind my tossing and turning.

The other two, elderly Chihuahua and mini-weiner, have their own pupper beds, have never done this and have not expressed interest in any of these goings-on.

stop dissolving into quivering masses of goo when I come home, I am pretty much the "leader".

invited. After all the training etc and there was no question as to who was boss then she could come up whenever.

Now I can see the point of this if the dog is aggressive like they are saying....but really it's a case by case basis. To just say that is what it is for all is just absurd.