Angela Haupt
Emma Farrauto’s nightly spooning partner is Riley, her 9-year-old golden retriever, who weighs a snuggly 30kg.
“It’s glorious,” she says – but her human partner would prefer Riley not hog so much of the queen-size bed.
Sleeping with a dog or cat is, to many pet owners – or pet parents – a no-brainer. To other people, it’s a clear violation of boundaries. “It’s one of the three major complaints I get all the time,” says psychologist Joel Gavriele-Gold, author of When Pets Come Between Partners. The other two? “You love the cat, dog or fish more than you love me. And who’s the better parent.”
It’s never a good idea, for example, to share a bed with a brand-new puppy: Dogs need to learn how to…