Post by @technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com

@technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com

2026-10-11 16:21 UTC

The secret to a good night’s rest? Let sleeping dogs lie - next to you A surprising new study found that people who sleep near their dogs don’t experience disrupted sleep. If anything, the University of Toronto researchers discovered, we humans are the ones disturbing our dogs’ sleep. And we feel safer sleeping with our dogs, hinting at “a deeper evolutionary history” between humans and dogs, said study co-author Ming Fei Li, who was a graduate student of evolutionary anthropology during the research.

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@crandlecan@lemmy.zip 2026-10-11 20:17

We at Cat Inc. categorically refute these findings 😡

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@blargh513@sh.itjust.works 2026-10-12 18:53

I miss my fluffy, but there’s no way I’d let her sleep with us. She was way too big. Bed dog is bed hog. She was like having a 3rd human in the bed that starts off in small mode then spreads out to full size. Growing up I had a similar sized (large) dog and when it was just me and doggy in my full sized bed, he would strategically find the absolute center of the bed and take over. Then he’d suck on the blanket for whatever reason. Didn’t chew on it, just mouthed it or something but it was WET. 4am move your leg into a big cold wet soggy bit of blanket soaked in dog drool is NOT fun. He also farted a lot.

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@altphoto@lemmy.today 2026-10-13 05:16

Well nobody has mentioned that dogs smell like tostito corn chips. That’s not a smell I want on my couch where my wife lets me sleep.

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@video@lemmy.world 2026-10-13 06:08

I let my dog sleep in my bed with me last night. He kicked the living ever shit out of me most of the night. It’s like he’s dreaming he’s Jason Bourne or something constantly running from a hostile government or whatever.

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@TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-10-13 06:18

Nice study. I’ve seen other studies saying the opposite. There’s also a hygiene issue. scienceinsights.org/is-sleeping-with-dogs-bad-for… www.sleepfoundation.org/…/sleeping-with-pets www.healthline.com/health/sleeping-with-dogs#bene…

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