Sleeping with our dog

Question
Hello Charlotte,

Thank you for answering my question. We have a year old Yorkshire Terrier who thinks he is human. I have no doubt that if dogs ever take over the planet that he will be in charge. We have been experiencing a problem with our "Bruiser" When we go to bed we allow him to stay with us on the bed while we watch TV. Once the TV is off and it is time to sleep he goes in his kennel. For the most part he hates the kennel even though it is right beside the bed in our room. For the past 4 nights now we put him in the kennel and he then starts to whine, whimper and yelp! We tell him no which does not work. We have had the odd problem with him in the past in these same type of situations but he is normally quiet and stays in his kennel until about 0500 when the whinning and whimpering starts...then we let him out..he jumps up onto our bed and is happy. I think that between my wife and I we have created a monster.  We tried putting him in his kennel in another room but then he howls barks and yelps...drives us nuts..last night he did the same and we finally at about 0200 let him out...when he ran up onto our bed and crawled right inbetween the two of us..quiet and content as a lamb! He never has liked the kennel from day one and the breeder who we got the puppy from laughed when we told her that we were going to kennel train him. She told us that because he was her last pup to get rid of he slept with her. We have tried kenneling him when we are at work during the day and when we were house training him. He tended to whiz or crap where ever so we put him in a room...he went ballistic!..then in the kennel which I think he now associates with being alone.
Anything you can suggest would be greatly appreciated

Thank you very much

Sleepless in Saskatchewan

Answer
Ok, first off, I don't use kennels!
Just don't like them. If you have one, and the dog loves his kennel, and he can go in or come out when he pleases, then a kennel is fine.
Kennels are great to put them in when traveling in a car, with the door closed but not locked.
Strap the kennel in securily, then in case of a wreck, the dog does not turn into an unguided missel.
As for sleeping with you.
Well, he was allowed to before, and he is allowed to while you watch TV. Now he is being tossed out like an old rag.   Poor baby ! LOL
Our dogs sleep with us.
My kids pets slept with their pets. None of my kids slept with a blanket or stuffed toy. None of my kids had monsters in the closet or under the bed.
You got a good guard dog there. LOl
No booger bears will get you when he is in bed with you, and no booger bears will get HIM, when he is in bed with mommy and daddy.
It isn't like he takes up a lot of room.
Sorry, but Aunt Charlotte is the wrong one to comlain to.
My sheltie doesn't like to sleep in our bed, so he has his own bed. The australian Shepherd changes sleeping places several times a night. My little Lhasa mix sleeps with me.
My husband has to have a firm bed, and I have to have my water bed, so we have separate beds now. Hid English Setter preferred his bed, but since she has Arthritis so bad now, she sleeps with mom.
My girlfriend has a little Yorkie, and he sleeps with her, except when they visit, then he switches between my bed and hers. He loves his Aunt Charlotte.
I am a dog spoiler!
They are taught to mind, and I insist on obedience. I am the alpha here, not one of them, but they are my babies, and I have never told them they are not human.
They have nice manners.
If you really don't want him sleeping with you, then he should not, but I think he needs a bed beside your bed, and that he is weaned  from sleeping ith you.
Lotsa luck !
Just like weaning a child from sleeping with you, they are going to try your patience and try to wear you down. You will just HAVE to listen to the whining and yowling until he is convinced it won't do him any good.
Undoing this habit is not going to be easy. How long it takes and whether or not it works depends on which has the most endurance, him or you.
Charlotte

PS:
You MIGHT want to consider getting him a puppy of his own. Get a baby puppy and teach him it is his to raise.
If he has nurturing feelings towad it, he might sleep with it.
Of course, he might also be jealous of it and you.
When I took my little Lhasa mix, the Australian shepherd mix was 1 year old. He took over that puppy like he was it's mother, and he made sure it ate, and drank. He did NOT like me telling it no no.
they are 6 and 5 now, and Max still dictates to Rowdy.
Charlotte