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Should Cats or Dogs Sleep in Bed with You? We Ask Vet Professionals What They Do
Vet Street via Yahoo! Shine ^ | 4/24/14 | Kristen Seymour

Posted on 04/24/2014 12:11:49 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows

It's a topic so divisive that it has been known to be a significant factor in choosing a spouse: Do you let your pet sleep in your bed with you?

In some households, it's the norm. All pets are allowed everywhere, all the time. In others, it's no pets on any furniture, ever. But in many, the answer lies somewhere in between: Perhaps the cat or small dog is given a spot to snuggle, but the Great Dane has to remain on the floor.

Many factors come into play, of course. Some pet owners suffer from allergies and sleeping with a face full of fur only exacerbates them, or maybe they can't deal with the dirt a dog would track onto the duvet. But plenty of pet owners - and veterinary professionals - can't imagine drifting off to sleep without their kitty or Cocker Spaniel cuddled up nearby.

(Excerpt) Read more at shine.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: kittyping; kristenseymour
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To: Gefn

And I, you Gefn. But yesterday was just too much for me.


61 posted on 04/24/2014 1:48:46 PM PDT by Cyber Liberty (H.L. Mencken: "The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.")
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To: Gefn

“Since Holly died I’ve been sleeping with my teddy bear, I can’t tell you how much I miss that fuzz ball. I can’t stand it most nights. I don’t mind being single. I just miss my kitty so much sometimes it’s horrible,”

Oh, you need another cat! And quickly! Find a six week old brother/sister Manx duo. You won’t regret it.


62 posted on 04/24/2014 1:48:51 PM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

Humans with pets tend to wind up with micro-livestock associated with those pets when they culture the samples swabbed from their mouths. :’) Thanks Slings and Arrows.

http://www.popsci.com/article/science/invisible-world

http://www.popsci.com/sites/popsci.com/files/styles/image_full/public/Screen%20shot%202014-03-24%20at%2011.14.05%20AM.png


63 posted on 04/24/2014 1:52:13 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: cuban leaf

How do you deal with the howling all night?


64 posted on 04/24/2014 1:56:47 PM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: catnipman

I’m getting my apartment cleaned up and fixed up to bring in a new kitty.

New carpets, new paint, etc. it will be about July, but it’s all free work, so I’m not complaining. Landlord was waiting for the weather to warm up to do it.

I’m hesitant about the landlord putting in new Venetian blinds. The old ones are half off from the cat getting caught in them

Never known anyone to have a Manx kitty. They are tailless, right?


65 posted on 04/24/2014 2:06:09 PM PDT by Gefn (All good kitties go to the Rainbow Bridge;Holly 2/1999-12/2013)
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To: cripplecreek

Great pic, awesome looking dog you’ve got there.


66 posted on 04/24/2014 2:08:30 PM PDT by whinecountry (Semper Ubi Sub Ubi)
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To: Slings and Arrows

My cats can go anywhere but the kitchen counters,,, when Im around that is..


67 posted on 04/24/2014 2:09:01 PM PDT by ßuddaßudd (>> F U B O << "What the hell kind of country is this if I can only hate a man if he's white?")
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To: Slings and Arrows

My cat seems to like to put its haunches in my face. Not the smellier region (thank goodness) but definitely the hindquarters.


68 posted on 04/24/2014 2:10:31 PM PDT by Lazamataz (Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
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To: RoosterRedux

Our bedroom has a door on it. In fact Bob the cat insists on sleeping in the basement with his cat box with that door closed. He likes to cuddle occasionally but is totally not interested in sleeping with anyone. Dogs have two barriers between them and us.


69 posted on 04/24/2014 2:13:25 PM PDT by Mercat
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To: RoosterRedux

I’ve got cats. There is no “let.”

That is just too funny. My grandson rescued a kitty that was taken away from her mother long before she was weaned. Been five years now but she still jumps up on the bed, grabs a corner of the blanket in her mouth and then starts the same back and forth front paw activity as if she were nursing. She can keep it up for what seems like hours until it drives me crazy and off the bed she must go.


70 posted on 04/24/2014 2:23:02 PM PDT by Grams A (The Sun will rise in the East in the morning and God is still on his throne.)
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To: Cyber Liberty

Sorry to hear it. You’re removed.


71 posted on 04/24/2014 2:48:53 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (Richard Warman censors free speech.)
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To: CGASMIA68
My cat used to climb up the California oak, across the garage roof to my window to be let in. How she knew to climb that tree to my window I'll never know. Plenty of room, she just curled up.
72 posted on 04/24/2014 3:01:54 PM PDT by ArmyTeach ( Videteco eos prius (See 'em first) Sculpin 191)
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To: Gefn

“Never known anyone to have a Manx kitty. They are tailless, right?”

Yes. Sometimes called the “dog cat” because the males can be so dog-like in the way they want to follow you around and be involved in everything that’s going on. Pay close attention and communicate with them early on and and they can learn to be quite talkative too.


73 posted on 04/24/2014 3:28:55 PM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: GeronL

Eeew.


74 posted on 04/24/2014 3:30:45 PM PDT by Tax-chick (Celebrating the return of Piper after 16 days on the lam. Have a drink!)
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To: 1rudeboy

That dog has a glazed look in his eyes.


75 posted on 04/24/2014 3:40:13 PM PDT by VerySadAmerican
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To: McGruff

This winter there were a lot of three dog nights.

Coldest I recall in 30 some years.


76 posted on 04/24/2014 3:44:50 PM PDT by TurboZamboni (Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.-JFK)
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To: cripplecreek

Lol. Ok, you win.


77 posted on 04/24/2014 3:46:29 PM PDT by SkyPilot
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To: TexasCajun

I have a set of steps here for when my dogs get old.


78 posted on 04/24/2014 3:54:39 PM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: Tax-chick

Actually it seems like when he farts it’s always aimed at me. I think it’s because he loves me. I think.


79 posted on 04/24/2014 4:08:34 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
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To: Cyber Liberty
I decided yesterday, my 16th anniversary on FR, that I’ve been getting into a rut so I’m leaving FR.

Is that your opus? Buried in a dog thread?

-PJ

80 posted on 04/24/2014 4:09:19 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too (If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
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