House Guests and Your Dog’s Bed

I’ve noticed that when guests come over, my dog retreats to his bed after greeting them. His bed is a source of safety as well as “his place” in the house. He keeps his toys and blanket there and retreats there often. His bed is out of the way of traffic and this works well.

Over the holidays we had guests stay overnight. We had to move his dog bed across the room in order to fold out our sofa bed. He was really quite off until we moved the dog bed back into his regular spot. The regular spot was now under the sofa bed and he couldn’t get to it. This was something we hadn’t thought of – that he would be disturbed by his bed moving across the room and that it being under the sofa bed would also upset him!
Thankfully we had an extra dog bed we use for camping which he gladly accepted across the room where he could sleep undisturbed. After arranging his blanket and toys on it, he was perfectly secure and happy once again. Our guests were also relieved that he stopped whining and pacing back and forth over his dog bed being moved or under the sofa! Everyone had a restful night.

Having people over for a visit can be really disruptive to your dog’s sense of safety and place in the house. It is a good idea to have another safe place for your dog to be in. It’s important to keep an extra bed handy for these occasions.
 

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