Heya everyone, So Charlie, my first chihuahua and the smallest dog I've ever been owned by, is now months old and a whopping 3 lbs.He's a coby applehead and about 10 inches long so he's wee. Anyway, we've been having him sleep in his crate at night and he's doing fine with that but I was wondering where your chis sleep. We have dachshunds and they sleep in the bed. Charlie gets along with them wonderfully but he isn't a 'pack' dog. Dachshunds are pack dogs, they need that pack system to be happy and Charlie plays with them but he goes to work with me and shopping and such when they don't. So far we haven't let him in the bed at night. Mainly because, well, he's wee tiny small, but I've been worried he'll bond too much with the pack and lose that "Mommy is the bestest thing in the whole wide world I want to be with her' mentality. I've never had a chi. We've had bulldogs in the past and they couldn't be allowed to be in the bed because they got possessive of it. The dachshunds do fine, they borrow in and snuggle and there's no personalty changes but they do it as a pack. Where do yours sleep? Has it changed them at all? Should I keep Charlie in his crate? Would occasionally being allowed in the bed, say on the days I don't take him to work, be okay? The husband and I are split on this. Charlie slept with us last night, today is our day off, and he curled up under my chin, on my pillow, next to a dachshund just fine. He slept the whole night, didn't fuss, didn't mess on the bed...but well, we're not sure it's safe or a good idea or whatever. Chihuahuas are so different than dachshunds or bulldogs that I'd thought I'd ask you all and see what you think... It was nice to wake up to a chi tail over my nose this morning...lol Sarah
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