Some women say they can’t sleep because of their husband’s snoring. Others, although rare, say that they can’t sleep well UNLESS their husband is sawing logs beside them. But this, I haven’t heard before: According to a new research from Canisius College in Buffalo, New York, women sleep better next to dogs than their human partners. The study involved 962 women living in the U.S., some of which shared the bed with a dog, a cat, a human partner, and in some cases, all of the above. Dogs were less likely to wake their owners in the middle of the night than cats or humans, according to the results. The study found that both cats and humans were equally disruptive to women’s sleep and provided them with fewer feelings of comfort and security than dogs. Dog owners also reported earlier sleep and wake times than cat owners and those without pets. (I’ll tell my dog that part about them NOT waking their owners in the middle of the night…when he wakes me up at 3 o’clock tomorrow morning!)
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