Stella, we sleep in a king size waterbed and I was very concerned about waking up in a lake with my springers. Then we got the cats and John is a kneader. I watched him almost shred a sheet one night. We went and bought a pillow top cover which encases our waterbed mattress. Now I don't worry about the cats or dogs getting in bed, even with these big guys. Jake will occassionally growl at Joe, when he rolls him over in the morning when he gets home from work, to go to bed. It is more of a "You're disturbing me." type growl, as he doesn't even pick his head up. The trainer we had with Max told us not to allow him in bed, not for dominance issues, but to eliminate him getting protective of it, in case we divorced or one of us died. The other might have a hard time inviting a stranger into the bed, without him having something to say about it. Needless to say, we both called him into bed that very night. LOL
Kathy