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here was a time to go out and sometimes Staying in close when Eliska, go to the bathroom in contact makes it the bed if you don’t wake a three-pound Prague ratter, would easier to pick up up.” curl up and sleep next fleas, ticks or skin Make a to owner Krista DeAnChoice gelis, and most of the mites a pet may Good time, she and the “Having your pet sleep dog enjoyed a peaceful in the bed with you carry, and can night’s slumber. is a personal choice,” worsen allergies. says holistic VeterinarThen DeAngelis married, and her husian Patrick Mahaney, of ~ Roger Valentine, band banned the dog California Pet Acupuncholistic veterinarian from the bed for fear of ture & Wellness, in West unintentionally squashHollywood. By discouring Eliska in his sleep. After enduring a aging this behavior, “Your pet will be few sleepless nights of canine whining less likely to confuse your bed with and barking, the Salt Lake City couple theirs, and therefore prevent potential successfully curbed their pet’s protests territory-related problems.” By failing by simply spraying Eliska with a misting to discourage it, “You not only face the bottle every time she acted up. After possibility of behavioral problems, you two nights of this routine, the pocketcould also face adverse effects to your sized pooch was fully trained to sleep own sleep and health,” he notes. by herself in another room. According to results published in “I originally thought letting my dog a survey of 300 sleep disorder patients sleep in my bed was a good idea,” says conducted by Dr. John Shepard, then DeAngelis, a communications director medical director of the Mayo Clinic at Westminster College. “But I realized Sleep Disorders Center, in Rochester, that they can keep you up when they Minnesota, nearly 60 percent of the pet rustle around, wake you up if they have owners in the study slept with their pets www.NAeastMichigan.com