5 Reasons You Should Sleep With Your Dog

[CrawlingChaos]

5. Heh, if you say so

Not sleeping with my dog is not an available option for me, so it's good that there are benefits and while I certainly agree with numbers 3, 4 and 5 -- numbers 1 and 2, not so much.

My dog is 5 lbs and basically uses terror to rule the bed. It's like sleeping with a little demon. If you've ever had a tiny dog, you probably know, they tend not to be, shall we say, easy going (I'm sure there are exceptions). It's basically like this:



My purpose in his view is a body to snuggle against, but if I should move in the night in a way that displeases him, he will unleash the most unholy LOUD demon snarl, followed by a bite to the face. He likes to bite the face. I think he thinks it gets his point across. So basically this is what I see...



And if that sounds terrible, let me tell you something -- if I could have that little guy bite my face every night of my life for the rest of my life, my god, I would do it in a heartbeat. He's the love of my life, that little psycho. He has cancer now and I'm spending my last weeks with him. If there was anything in the world I could to stop him from leaving me, I would do it. Anything.

So that's the best reason to sleep with your dog. Because every single minute with them is a precious thing, not to be wasted.