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2 Out of 3 Sleep With Their Dog

Thursday, February 17, 2005

Sealy Inc.Sealy Inc., the maker of all those wonderful mattresses, published an interesting report entitled, "The Sealy Snooze Report" about people's sleeping habits. Among their findings was that 67% of respondents said they prefer to sleep with their pets.

The poll was conducted on-line by MarketTools involving 946 total respondents who were asked a series of questions about their sleep habits.

Here's some interesting figures taken from Sealy:
Toss'n and turn'n. Sealy asked men and women who's more disturbing to your sleep: pets or partners. Overall 51% say it's their partner who's the disturbance, while 38% feel it's their pet. May we suggest a king-size mattress?

Gender Gap. Men apparently need a lot of space from both, pet and partners, 14% were unable to decide who is most annoying. However, women were much more decisive, 55% said their partner was far more annoying than their pet. Studies have shown that women have a harder time sleeping than men ... wonder whose fault that is????

Solitary slumbers. Of all polled pet owners, 33% stood firm that there is no room in bed for man's best friend or their feisty felines. These respondents said they NEVER allow their pets in bed with them.




Thanks to Sealy for providing this information. Now, go buy one of their mattresses!

7 Comments:

  • My dogs and cat would be heartbroken if they weren't allow to sleep with "Mom & Dad"! We have a king-sized bed and this is what it looks like (in a row).
    Butch-german shepherd, Dad, Reilly- pitbull-boxer mix, Mom, and Katie- our cat. Needless to say, the bed is crowded!

    By Anonymous Sheila, at 3:54 PM, February 18, 2005  

  • Our "kids" would be very upset if they could share our King Size bed. All ten dogs share our bed and don't crowd us. The big guys are at are feet and out little ones curl up beside us.

    By Anonymous Phillip and Eva, at 8:34 PM, February 18, 2005  

  • When I bought a new bedroom set two years ago, I purposely "upgraded" to the widest bed available -- an Eastern king -- so there was enough room for everyone. But still, I find myself hanging off the edge of the bed sometimes.

    Maybe I should sleep in their expensive and unused dog beds.

    By Anonymous Gina, at 3:41 PM, February 20, 2005  

  • I can honestly say that is absolutely revolting. I wasn't aware that animals were able to wipe their own backsides and genitalia before they creep into a human's bed. Fleas and various other creatures can't be much bother either. All rather odd to me....

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 9:36 AM, December 29, 2005  

  • My "lab/doofus mix," Duke,(all 140 lbs of him!) sleeps with me every night. I sleep better with him beside me because I feel so safe and protected. No bad boogie man will be able to get near me! Also, as a diabetic, sometimes my blood sugar drops too much at night. When this happens, Duke wakes me up so I can drink some juice.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 6:36 PM, March 26, 2006  

  • I have always slept with a dog, since I was a baby as my mother had a dog and the dog used to lick my foot to make me sleep. Now I am in my year abroad in another country (far from my country) and I have problem sleeping cause I miss my dog. To solve the problem I had to buy a dog shaped pillow and hug it at night...it is not the same, but it is the best I can do at the moment. I miss my dog and I preffer to sleep with it than with my partner. A must in any relationship for me is a partner that likes sleeping with their pets on the bed. I could not live with someone who would not share this love with me.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 5:01 AM, March 28, 2006  

  • Someone left the post below. I agree, but disagree with them. For instance, Dogs or cats can't wipe but they do clean themselves with their mouths and tongues... and people still sleep with and kiss these critters in bed. Absolutely disgusting. Some of these folks sleeping with "animals" could have relationship problems and substitute pets for a significant-other.
    "I can honestly say that is absolutely revolting. I wasn't aware that animals were able to wipe their own backsides and genitalia before they creep into a human's bed. Fleas and various other creatures can't be much bother either. All rather odd to me...."

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 7:27 AM, April 23, 2008  

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