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5 Tips for Sleeping with Your Pet

Does your pup like to snuggle up to you at night? Make sure you follow these rules to ensure you get the best sleep possible.

By Erik J. Martin, WebVet.com From Reader’s Digest Canada, November 2009

Sleep Deprived?

Letting you dog sleep in your bed can prove to be a bad decision down the road. They can disrupt your sleep without you realizing it or can wake you up when they need to go to the bathroom.

“It’s a personal choice,” says Patrick Mahaney, veterinarian and certified veterinary acupuncturist, of California Pet Acupuncture & Wellness. “The advantages include companionship, warmth and a sense of security.”

The drawbacks are lack of sleeping space for you and interruption of normal sleep patterns.

Indeed a 2002 Mayo Clinic Sleep Disorders Center survey of 300 sleep disorder patients found that 53 per cent of pet owners’ sleep was disrupted nightly to some extent by their pets.

To break your dog of the bed-sleeping habit, Mahaney offers these tips:

Tags: sleep | pet | dog

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