This may not be possible, but I want to train my 6 year old doggie to sleep on his own. If I leave my bedroom door open, he comes and snuggles under the covers every nite. He will NOT go sleep in another room or in his crate by himself. I’ve let him sleep with me since he was a puppy (since he was housebroken ang big enough that I wouldn’t roll over him in my sleep). I know I’ve created this problem but I need to know a way to train him to sleep on the floor or in another room without having to shut my bedroom door. If I shut the door he whines and scratches at it to get in and that keeps me awake. He’s just a 12 lb babydog, but at this point I’d be teaching an old dog new tricks. He’s not allowed in my bedroom when I’m not at home, I shut the door and he sleeps all day in an easy chair in the living room. Any advice?




12 Responses to “How do I train my dog to sleep somewhere other than my bed?”

  1. Sexy Latina!

    I had same problem with my cat but she knows better now. The "no" its very important and they’ll get the idea of what it means. Specially dogs because they are smarter than cats.

  2. Kip’s Mom ***FYA***

    Shut your bedroom door.

    Put him in a crate at night.

    Put a baby gate in your open bedroom doorway.

    When he jumps on the bed at night,each and every time, make him get off the bed.

  3. jsedahl24

    take a blanket off your bed and put it in the living room that worked for me. Also u can just close the bedroom door and live with it for a couple nights that should work also.

  4. rocksister

    Hmm, so he will sleep in the chair when you are not home, but not when you ARE home. How do you know he is doing this if you are not home?

  5. LeAndra P

    well i would put a doggy bed next to yours and everytime he climbs in your bed get him off and push him into his own repeat this everytime it will take a little while but it works promise

  6. ut.soccer

    put him in a room by himself where he cant destroy anything and far away enough that you wont hear him scratch the door.

  7. emmaluvsjustin

    sleep with him somewhere else, when ur dog falls asleep, walk away quietly into ur room

  8. Helena

    Buy a CRATE & USE it.
    ta-dah

  9. Supersonic

    Buy the dog its own little mat and put it next to your bed. Thats what I do with my little pup. Put the dog on it’s mat and put a comfort there, e.g. a toy or blanket. Tell it to stay there, and if it tries to jump up, tell it NO and put it back. it will soon get the jist and lay on the bed. Tell it good and praise it, go to sleep and hope that he stays their, he probably will. If your dog is a she then sorry. :-)

  10. freakysoccergirl101

    try a crate but maybe put it in your room…

  11. Vitor R

    If he sleeps in an easy chair when you’re not at home, get out the door like if you were going away, then quietly sneak in through a window in the back of the house, without your dog noticing, and go up the stairs and pray he doesn’t listen to you. Damn dogs have a very sharp ear! :)

    Don’t take this seriously, I’m just kidding :)

  12. applecrisp

    It will be a hard habit to break. We got our dog her own bed and made her sleep on it. She still does not like to, she is only 9 months old, and she still wants to sleep us. She does not sleep as well but it’s getting better. You might have to have him sleep in his crate. It will be a lot of work.

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