IN THE MEWS: Flawed Sleep Study Says Women Prefer Sleeping with Dogs
By JeffyJeffyBadBoy, Feline Investigative Reporter
Who’s a good boy? Who’s a good boy? Who is the best sleep partner for women? Spoiler alert: We kitties come in third.
A recent study, published in the Journal of the International Society of Anthrozoology, concluded kitties aren’t the best sleeping partners for women, but neither are human significant others. Who then? Fideaux. Can you believe it? Stinky, snoring, farting dogs. Humans come in second. I hear that noise and emissions come from them, too. There’s no accounting for taste. As an independent journalist, I am contesting the findings and demanding a fairer rating system.
The study, “An Examination of Adult Women’s Sleep Quality and Sleep Routines in Relation to Pet Ownership and Bedsharing”, surveys 962 adult American women about their relationships and their sleep, 57% shared their bed with a human partner, 55% sleep with at least one dog and 31% spend the night with at least one cat.
(And what’s that about? There are way more pet kitties than dogs in the U.S. Why don’t we get to hog the bed like dogs do? I think the results are skewed. Why did they interview so few cat owners compared to human owners and dog owners. As a side note, no animal knows more about sleep than cats. Sixteen hours a day, baby!)
The study evaluated the sleep quality of women sharing their bed with a cat, a dog and another human and asked, which species provides the best night’s sleep? (In the spirit of full disclosure, I sleep with my boss and she only complains a couple of times a night about me pouncing on her feet and biting her toes.)
The ladies told researchers dogs were less disruptive to sleep than human partners and they felt more protected by a dog. Cats were more disruptive than human partners they didn’t feel protected. (Weighing in at 10 pounds it’s not like we kitties can take down that cat burglar.)
According to the study, dog owners tended to go to bed earlier and get up earlier than those who only had cats. Duh. They had to get up early to take the dog for a pee. We kitties manage to take care of our “needs”. So who’s really disrupting sleep?
The study didn’t say anything about canine flatulence or cover-stealing. I think they need to look into that.
Wanna read the study?
“An Examination of Adult Women’s Sleep Quality and Sleep Routines in Relation to Pet Ownership and Bedsharing,” authored by Christy L. Hoffman, etal can be found at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08927936.2018.1529354
