Samson has always been confined to two rooms in the house & he also has about 3/4 an acre of fenced in yard...When I let him out of his crate full time he did alright but I moved to his area & started sleeping there so he wouldn't be alone...That was like 4 months ago or so...Well, my back can't take any more sleeping on the couch or floor...The upper part of the house was deemed cat territory whe we got Samson...I have 8 of the hissy clawy little beasts & they demanded their space so I gave it to them....WWWEEE ELLLLLLLLLLLLL LLLL, I needed to move back to my bed & I've taken to bringing Samson with me!....I tried to bring Pippin too but he hates it when he is out of his space so I let him back into dog turf...Sammy sleeps all night...1/2 of it in my bed & then he moves to the floor next to me but he is SUCH a good boy!...He doesn't eat the cat food or "litter box crunchies"...he just sleeps all night!...Of coarse my cats are p.o.'d but they are such tempermental creatures anyway!...lol...Anywa y, I got one of my dogs to cuddle with at night at least!...Imma happy happy gal'!!!