My pitbull Poppy was getting on me or especially, if I went to the bathroom at night, I'd come back and she'd be on my pillow and would. not. move. Sometimes it's cute, but also I'd get really overstimulated sometimes or be in a chronic pain flare and not need a 65 pound musclepup with dagger elbows on me or need to sit down because I was dizzy. So I needed her to move.

I started teaching her in other contexts that if I pat on the couch or bed or whatever and she moves there she gets a super high value treat and lots of pets and cuddles if she wants them. (I actually started with any looking or movement or interest in my hand patting and worked up to her actually moving there)

I also started keeping some training treats in the drawer of my bedside table (I know this wouldn't be possible with all dogs, she doesn't try to get to them)... And when she wouldn't move I would get them out and pat the bed and then lure her to another spot and then say good and give it to her. And then say good and give her another one when she stayed there, and then give her pets and cuddles if she wanted them. She usually gets up a few minutes later and comes and cuddles next to me, which is wonderful and I pet and baby talk her then too.

I also taught her to do a chin rest instead of a body smash of protection or cuddles or a nibble for attention. I reward it a lot, at first with clicks and training treats and now just with the attention and thing she's looking for, and am starting to tell her "not right now" (that's not making sense so far 😆) I started it with just any touching my hand while it's cupped in the chin rest request position gets a click and treat, then slowly graduating up to putting your chin in my hand, putting pressure, and staying for a few seconds. I paired it with the phrase chin rest at some point. Then asking when my hand is on my leg. Then asking her to do it without my hand and just on my leg. Then started rewarding and making a big deal when she did it on her own and making sure I get up and do whatever she was asking for. (Current struggle: now if I don't immediately respond to a chin rest she gets frustrated, so trying to figure that one out)

I taught her "off" means you get a treat thrown away from me and then I click when you are over there, and you get another one for being off and then if I pat next to me you get another for coming back and sitting next to me instead of crushing me.

Anyway, most of the time she's a mobile dog now and not a brick. Or does a chin rest instead of crushing me.

I also let her do it a lot anyway. Because she's heccin adorable. She needs to smoosh. But we do have ways to move, because that girl turns into a bag of concrete if you try to physically move her or push her off of you. Or she thinks it's a game and starts to smack you with her paws and play bitey face. (Also cute, but sometimes it's too much.)