Why would you do anything about the situation? It's probably cooler on the floor so more comfortable. Leave her be.

 

Let him sleep on the floor...

 

My dogs move around, they sleep on floor, in dog beds and move back and forth, some times they will even wake up and move to another spot on the floor that is now cooler.

My dogs prefer to be by me, so a dog bed is by me and they pick the dog bed or cool tile depending on mood and temp.

 

My big-boy always preferred to sleep on surfaces hard and cool. The only time he used a soft pillow was as a pup and then only because I used it as a place for him to have to settle down on. If he hopped up onto the couch or bed it was only for a short time, his form of a "proximity cuddling". Even when he got ill, he wanted the cool tile floor of the kitchen.

 

Enjoy the pecuniary luxury of not having to buy dog beds!

 

When we adopted our Duke, I spent some $$$ on two large dog beds. I figured one upstairs and one downstairs. Joke's on me...he totally refuses to use them. He much prefers to lay on a thick area rug, or the cool tile when he's hot. So that's what he does. Why make him change?

 

Elliot just turned 2. We rescued him when he was 4 mo. He chewed/ripped up 3-4 beds before I realized that I was projecting my own sense of comfort on him. Personally, I wouldn’t want to lie on the hard laminate floor or the plastic tray in his crate, but he seems to prefer it. I’m sure the cooler material feels pretty good to him. It finally occurred to me to “let sleeping dogs lie”. 😉 And now we have more money for his true loves….bones and Playology scented balls.

 

When I go to bed, Scarlet is usually sprawled out on the rug next to my bed. I’ll get up to pee in the middle of the night, and she’s usually on the recliner (in my room). When I get up again, she’s typically sprawled on the bare floor.

I have no idea about Nora, lol. She disappears into the living room when I turn out my bedroom light.

 

Oh okay. I was just wondering if this is normal. I respect his choice. I guess I thought like a human, not a dog.

Frankly, I bought two dog beds. I think she says "you should buy toys instead of beds"

Thank you all.

 

One of my friends complained that I was letting my elderly, arthritic GSD sleep on the cold, hard tile floor just inside the door of the house.

So, feeling guilty, I bought her a nice bed, and put it under the kitchen table where I wouldn't be tripping over it. She refused to use it.

At night, I put the bed on the floor beside my bed, and blocked off the kitchen door with a baby gate. When I got up to pee, guess where I found her?

On the cold, hard tile floor of the bathroom!

Since coming to my home as a 9 month old stray, she'd slept just inside the door of the house. I think it's an instinctive guard dog thing. I decided to just let her be. At age 13, she was too set in her ways to change!

 

Op if this is your worst problem, you are lucky. I let them sleep wherever they want (limited choices though)

 

Something softer is better for the joints so I understand your concern. Like others have said, the floor might be cooler. I’d lower the temperature in the house and teach a solid place command.

 

I didn't even have dog beds for the first dozen dogs I had

 

LOL. The only dogs I bought beds for were the Italian Greyhounds, and given the choice, they’d rather be buried in blankets in the couch.

I have a dog cot in the living room, which both girls do like to use.

 

Paddy likes the tile in the bathroom. I let him sleep where he wants. His crate is open. Sometimes Rudy sleeps in it.

 

Sometimes Black Jack (my cat) will take over Eska's crate, and not let her in. He likes the body warmth she leaves behind after leaving it in the morning.

 

I have two dog beds, one of which is an orthopaedic one - puppy doesn’t sleep on either right now (he used to sleep on the ordinary one in winter). He sometimes uses the orthopaedic bed as a pillow.

I sleep on the floor (on a sleeping bag) too - it’s actually really comfortable and my back feels better than it has in years. Sometimes my pup will lie next to me on the sleeping bag, but mostly on the floor.

There are two unoccupied human sized beds in my apartment and two unoccupied dog beds. 🤣Beds are a sham!!! Floors for the win!!! 😂

 

Let sleeping dogs lie.

 

He feels comfortable sleeping on the floor so I don't think there is a problem.




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Count your blessings! Dogs who like bed will eventually try to steal yours!

It's not as cute as you might think!

 

Mine prefers sleeping on hard floor too, or all over me if I am on the couch.