A while back, someone had a similar question about asking her boyfriend to get rid of his dog entirely. If she's cold-hearted enough to want to exile a dog to the cold streets, then you should certainly be able to muster up the courage to kick a dog out of bed. Sleeping with your dog has been optional ever since an enterprising caveman started sleeping on a slightly elevated rock instead of the ground, and if your boyfriend can't handle that, there's a very simple solution.

Well, two if you've got a handy source of arsenic, but my way's cheaper.

Let's look at it logically: He wants a filthy, smelly animal to sleep in bed with you (besides himself). You have an unnatural desire to sleep without getting duclawed in the face or jowl on your shoulder. Clearly, these are mutually exclusive goals. So what to do? Stop sleeping in the bed.

I know, so simple right? Just tell your boyfriend that you can't deal with the mutt and you'll be sleeping elsewhere as long as the dog is bed-bound. And not in a confrontational way; just as a matter of course. Tell him you totally understand that it's his decision to make, but it's your decision where your warm, soft, supple, non-flea infested body reposes at night.

I guarantee you'll be back in that bed within a week. And if you're not, you've learned a valuable lesson about your boyfriend: he's insane.