very interesting thread Miss M - thanks for posting it on our forum.
As a HUGE animal lover myself...I must of course agree with our fab members!
When you are an animal lover, it's part of your personality....if you try to "force" or instigate a change in someone else's personality (especially when it's not harmful), you are only asking for trouble...bad feelings will creep in and this can destroy a relationship long term...even when it's swept under the rug in the short term as Benmax's experience suggests.
Even making the animals sleep on the floor...this "may" be too much for your partner. I mean if your partner has been sleeping w/pets for 20 years and gets comfort from them....this issue may well become a serious one....either consciously or subconsciously.
Talk about it HONESTLY. See where you both Really stand. See if you both can TRULY live with these compromises
Good luck!