Dog sleeping on bed, help please....

[Quartz]

I have a 7 year old male medium poodle. He is the craziest dog, always on the go and never tired!! We have now acquired a King Charles spaniel 3 years old. She has been with us since Saturday (she needed a new home, due to living in an apartment with no garden and never going on walks, plus owner working all hours so dog very lonely). Right my problem is that my poodle has always slept on our bed but now we have another dog I don't want to carry this on. The spaniel is very happy to sleep in her basket in the lounge but the poodle has just barked and cried continuely for 2 nights. Should I carry on with this or give in to him and let him back in to our room but not the other one? Advice please.......

 

[SVMel]

Carry on, tough it out, it will get better!!! It is tough for him, but I don't agree with treating two dogs differently in a situation like this (there may be other things that warrant it).

Hang on in there!

 

[Quartz]

Thanks, just want reassurance I was doing the right thing. I don't want him to hate the new dog because of this. I actually thought he would be happy to be with the other dog, but oh no he seems to be more attached to my husband!!!

 

[CAYLA]

If you really want a dogless bed, then carry on, IMO, it makes no difference to a dog how it's treat compared to another, thats sort of like putting a human emotion on them, my whips have their own bedroom but the rest of the dogs are split between dog room and kennels, they ain't all getting their own room the cavi, is prob used to sleeping in her basket, to be honest they are alot less clingy then poodles but then saying that if you want him off, it's you bed, so keep him off, maybe also try leaving them in the kitchen/dining room, whereever they are left for bedtime in that room during periods of the day, even when you are in, so he does not just associate being locked in there for bedtime, it's sometimes makes them a little more anxious to be say, placed outside the bedroom first, baby gate and bedroom door open with an equally padded bed to yours it's a little more gradual, but he will survive and quieten down enentually, try putting them in their room an hour before you go to bed and give him time to settle before you head off.

 

[Quartz]

Are poodles known for being clingy then?

 

[Arcazy]

Phoebe always slept on my bed until she had her first season and it then had to stop, she wasn't great on her own downstairs just constantly calling me, so I crated her with a big comfy folded up old duvet and a blanket over the crate so it was den like and I never heard a peep from her, she will now happilly sleep in crate or on the sofa or on my bed (when I allow)

 

[SVMel]

The only reson I say I wouldn't treat them differently in this situation is because I had a dominant dog problem a few years ago, and had to artificially change top dog status instead of leaving it up to them to sort out. My dog wasn't nasty to my bitch, but he was younger, (much) and had lots of issues, so it made life easier and more comfortable for her if I made her top dog. all the usual things, talked to her first, her lead went on first, I went through doorways first, then her, then him (saved me a LOT of sore legs over the years) etc. So when it came to sleeping on the bed, I had enough to deal with, so they both stayed on the floor.

Treating him in this way really worked and he is finally a lovely respectful dog who is still full of character. He was a basket case when we got him though lol!!!!! I just think that treating them differently for no reason SOMETIMES (and only sometimes) creates a problem rather than solving one. all actions like that have consequences, and in your situation one dog will see the other being 'elevated' in status, simply be being physically higher up. In the situation where some dogs sleep inside, some in kennels etc, the different groups of dogs can't see the others (I assume) and so cannot see them getting attention from the top dog whilst they are denied it, top dog in all cases should be you. This is normal pack mentality.

Also, maybe my dog was more difficult than yours will be, as I said, he was a basket case, we got him Just before he turned one year old, were his FIFTH owners AND he'd been through Battersea. Oh yes, he had problems lol