Oh yes! At least they are in our house! Merlot owns the joint, and he likes to strut around. He’ll swat at the dogs if they invade his personal space so the dogs quickly learned to give him a wide berth.
Belle our other kitty she holds her ground but lets the dogs get pretty close sometimes. But since the dogs get to be on all the furniture in the house we decided to let the cats claim the bed so that they can get their snuggles in too! And the cats certainly do not share the bed with the dogs – and in turn the dogs don’t even try! Haha!

My first dogs, Agatha and Christie, never jumped on our bed. I think they were relieved to have two separate beds far away from each other.

My last dog, Shadow, only jumped up on the bed around 4 a.m. and she stayed at the foot of the bed so I never knew she was there.

If we don’t put Honey into her crate, she’ll sleep diagonally. I hope this doesn’t mean my next dog will sleep right on my face. We seem to have a progression. 🙂

I imagine that with a bear-free bed, you get much better rest. Perhaps I can say the same some day.

So you’re more stubborn than the bears? Maybe I need to try that. But I suspect in a competition, Honey would come out more stubborn than me.

If you can figure out why bears always have to sleep crossways, you might be the first dog to win a Nobel prize. 🙂

So kitties are bear repellant? 🙂

Honey lies under my desk when I’m writing. It’s the husband who likes to distract me.

Come to think of it, maybe I’ll offer him some dehydrated chicken and a toy. 🙂

Gee, that explains a lot. For instance, why he keeps offering to help change the sheets in our “den.” 🙂

Well, if he’s willing to share you with bears, it must be true love. <3