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Dogs and owners disturb each other in the night, but still get pretty good sleep

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Sleeping alongside your dog probably doesn't disrupt your sleep as much as you might think, according to a study published Oct. 7, 2026, in the journal PLOS One by Ming Fei Li of the University of Toronto, Canada, Lavania Nagendran of the University of Toronto Mississauga, Canada, and colleagues.

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  1. Phys

    Dogs and owners disturb each other in the night, but still get pretty good sleep (opens Phys)

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    Sleeping alongside your dog probably doesn't disrupt your sleep as much as you might think, according to a study published Oct. 7, 2026, in the journal PLOS One by Ming Fei Li of the University of Toronto, Canada, Lavania Nagendran of the University of Toronto Mississauga, Canada, and colleagues.

  2. NBC News

    The secret to a good night’s rest? Let sleeping dogs lie ... next to you (opens NBC News)

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    A surprising new study found that people who sleep near their dogs don’t experience disrupted sleep. If anything we humans are the ones disturbing our dogs’ sleep.

  3. KOB 4

    Dogs don’t interrupt your sleep as much as you do theirs: Study (opens KOB 4)

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    A new study found humans often move around in the night first more often than dogs, suggesting we interrupt their sleep more than they do ours

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