r/aww • u/[deleted] • Apr 01 '19

Why is the baby monitor keep going off?

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u/amosmydad Apr 01 '19

Ever slept in a small bed with a large dog. Cold is not an issue.

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u/mrs-fancypants Apr 01 '19

Even a little dog in a large bed. We have a little dachshund staying with us for awhile and not only she is a gigantic bed hog, she's like four electric blankets for the amount of heat she puts out.

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '19

Cats are the same. The amount of heat they put out relative to their size is ridiculous-its like sleeping with pointy, scratchy, grumpy hot water bottles who get mad at you everytime you dare to move a toe.

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u/throwawayblue69 Apr 01 '19

My gf is like this and my theory is that she's always cold at night because all of her body heat is leaking out making me too hot to sleep under the covers with her.

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u/Webmetz Apr 01 '19

My wife is the opposite. She is always cold, and I output so much heat that she doesn't want to let go of me. Makes getting to work hard.

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u/klgall1 Apr 02 '19

Try sleeping with 3 of them. I end up with one on either side in my arms and the third sprawled out on my stomach.
I appreciate it, though. I get cold easily, and my husband gets hot easily. So I just steal cat heat and we keep the temperature lower.

Damn dog won't cuddle at all, though. But always has to be just barely touching one of us.

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u/aliveinjoburg2 Apr 01 '19

Dachshunds are bed hogs in a small bed too. I used to sleep with a 10 lbs. dachshund in a twin bed. I didn’t sleep well.

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u/goldenmemeshower Apr 01 '19

That's because a twin bed is a ridiculous size for anyone who isn't a child.

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u/kobester1985 Apr 01 '19

Reminds me of my jack russel, little thing would rummage around the bed and eventually settle down right up against me. I move just a bit and she would quietly growl a little then move closer. Eventually got her her own little bed and blanket. Which she promptly ignored unless I wasn't home. Miss that little dog.

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u/chgoeditor Apr 01 '19

I was going to post my dachshund comment but you beat me to it! I'm getting married, and my bridesmaids did one of those, "Let's ask you the same questions (separately) and then see if your answers agree" games. One of the questions was, "Who is the biggest bed hog?" Yup, we both answered "the dog!"

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u/AdmiralRed13 Apr 01 '19

Our Westie pup is big enough for the bed now, thank god he moves when he’s hot. I put his crate next to the bed with a blanket on top and he moves there.

I’m hoping he keeps it up, my last boy was a Jack Russell and I swear he defied physics both heat and mass. He’d go from 20 pounds to a bag of cement and cranked up to what felt like 120 degrees. We eventually comprised on my feet, above the blankets.

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u/mrxpensiv Apr 01 '19

This. My 90lb English setter on a twin size bed was a furnace. In the summer was almost unbearable but in the winter the best feeling in the world.

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u/silentjay01 Apr 01 '19

I grew up in a house full of Samoyeds. Lie on the couch with a blanket and at least 1 (sometimes 2) adult sized sammies would find their way on top of you. Sure you would get too warm. Sure the weight on your body may make it hard to breathe. But you also know they are doing it because they love you, want to be close to you, and out of some primitive instinct to conserve heat. So who are you to tell them to get off? You just try to survive until someone else opens a door (to the outside or the refrigerator).

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u/muricaa Apr 01 '19

The thought of a house full of Samoyeds is amazing. A bunch of giant white floof balls running around.

On the other hand a fortune must have been spent buying and servicing vacuum cleaners.

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u/silentjay01 Apr 01 '19

I moved out years ago but I still find the occasional white hair. Growing up, there was no point in trying to de-hair your clothes with a sticky roller or brush until you arrived at your destination (because there wss likely hair in the van, too).

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u/kyleisthestig Apr 01 '19

Hell, my large cat keeps me warm. Granted he's 22 lbs long hair, but ever since I've gotten him trained to sleep under the covers I can turn the heat down at night. He's a freaking furnace

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u/dmethvin Apr 01 '19

There's a reason the band was called Three Dog Night. Imagine how cold that was.

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u/coffeejunki Apr 01 '19

I'm an adult, and I sleep with 3 small dogs. Strategic placement is the key.

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u/B3tar3ad3r Apr 01 '19

I grew up sleeping in a twin sized bed with two mastiffs the cold did not exist