It was a long, long night last night. Not being allowed in bed is very hard on poor Ray. I CANNOT wait until he gets the green light to be able to sleep in bed again! He has been doing pretty good, as far as being relaxed but come bedtime he is restless and is desperately wanting to go to bed – the REAL, king size, memory foamed topped bed! This dog bed business just isn’t his cup of tea! I know this really makes him depressed & eventhough my husband or myself spend the night next to him, it’s just not good enough. Last night Ray seemed good, although a little more moppy than normal but I think that’s the meds. Around midnight he got up and started whining to go into the bedroom. I tried my best to calm him down and come back to his bed but he wasn’t having it. We let him in the bedroom thinking maybe he would sleep at the foot of the bed, but nope…he just kept looking at it, like “how can I make it up here?” At that point I felt it was safer for him just to go back out to the LR to his bed. He paced around until 2:30am and after several time taking him outside, thinking he had to go – when he didn’t – he FINALLY settled down on his bed. Than the alarm went off at 5am. When I got up off the sofa, totally exhausted, I looked over at Ray – peacefully sleeping. Lucky duck.
When can Ray sleep on the real bed?? You’d probably get better sleep with him on the real bed. My James sleeps most of the time next to me on the real bed. I wake up as soon as he stirs, so I am able to help him if he needs help.
You could pile a bunch of blankets, bedspreads next to the stairs to the bed. Then you wouldn’t have to worry about his falling. And put a t-shirt on him so he doesn’t ooze on your bed.
I found that James was much more relaxed when he got back on the real bed.
Good luck. I am not getting any sleep either…so I know how you feel.
Nancy and James the poodle
I’m not exactly sure when he can rejoin us in the bed but I think they said once his incision healed but I would love to try to get him back in bed soon! I am just afraid that he will try & jump out of bed & I won’t hear him. We do have a ramp for him & have removed the frame to drop the mattresses to the floor to make it lower…we did this even before the amputation to help make it easier. Thanks for the suggestion about the blankets, that’s a great idea! I feel like we both won’t get a good nights sleep until he is back in bed…it’s hard to fall asleep without him there!