Forget the controversy about sleeping with your (human) baby. Who sleeps with their dog(s)? On the rare occasions I’m home, I share a bed with two large male pit bulls, and one poor husband. There is nothing “comfortable” about this arrangement, as we are often contorted into bizarre and often crippling positions to accommodate our boys. To add insult to injury, they refuse to move, lay horizontally, seemingly purposefully, to take up as much space as possible, and more often than not, bring their dirty paws (we live on a farm) with them for that extra, exfoliating bonus. And yet…
There is nothing like spooning with your 80 lb Pit, or your 10 lb Shih Tzu, or your 150 lb Black Russian Terrier. The love, trust, warmth and security of connecting with another creature on this level is like nothing else. Pure, stinky heaven. So go ahead. Get uncomfortable. You’ll never regret it. Actually, you will, but it’ll be worth it.
