It doesn’t matter who you are, how much you love your pet, or how devoted you are to their well-being: if you live with an animal who keeps you up at night, and you’re sleep deprived, it is going to make you feel cranky and will deteriorate your relationship with that animal. That doesn’t make you a bad person, it just makes you a person. People are finite beings with finite resources. We have needs. Sleep is one of the big ones. When our needs aren’t met, we can’t show up the way we want to show up for our loved ones.