So what happens soon as she goes upstairs to lay down?

Funny how smart they are.

Technically, the pup appears to be on you.

Oh that Jelly. Trying to make up for last week (the jail break)

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Originally posted by darthfuster:
Technically, the pup appears to be on you.

Yep. I see no rule violation here.

We train the same. Couches and human furniture is for humans, not K9’s. K9’s get their own beds in several rooms. Has to be a pecking order, and respect.

This is her when my wife comes downstairs.

Notice her ears and my wife in the background


My wife also cries when Jelly is hurt and when Jelly was lost she was crazy beside herself. But when her and Jelly are home together they hate each other. I’m just over here smiling and watching one give peanut butter to the other and tell her to not lick her face.

Crazy times.

I believe dogs, like people, are better with boundaries. We follow that rule. The dogs can’t be on the couches or recliners. We have to be on the recliners and the dogs have to be on us. It’s easier to get the dog smell off our clothes than off the furniture.

The only time the dogs get to be in bed with me is when we’re traveling with them and in a hotel. It’s a treat for them. What’s funny is at times trying to load them in the car and they pretend they can’t get in by themselves; they’re mini poodle mixes. I then lift them up.

With hotel beds that are like 3 feet high, they jump up easily by themselves.

My malamute will poach the couch or the bed until I show up, then cede the territory without being told. In fact, she cannot be lured up onto the bed when I'm on it.

You said your wife doesn't want them on the furniture. You didn't say anything about you not wanting them there, as evidenced in the picture.

I think it very possible that if you set up a camera while both of you are gone, they'll make a beeline for that couch.

We lost our beloved GSD earlier this year. We both miss her like crazy, but have never allowed her, or previous dogs on beds or furniture.

Seems to me you and your wife need to come to some agreement, one way or the other.

One of our dogs, Long haired GSD, is not allowed on the bed per my wife. She stays off the bed when wife is home and also when wife goes out for the day. If she see my wife leave with a suitcase she jumps right up there. I do let her sleep in the bed with me when wife is out of town, but she does this immediately after wife leaves without me saying anything. Smart girl.

Probably best to keep'm off if you can. A previous dog ruined our couch. The dog would get nervous and dig into something when hearing thunder. Once when we came home in a storm she was on the couch scratching and digging essentially ruining the leather.

I was going to look into ordering new cushion covers from Handcock and Moore but decided just to let my current dogs use it.

We would come home, open the front door, if she was standing at the top of the steps with her head and tail down looking sheepishly, I go upstairs and feel the warm spot on the couch.
Never scolded her, LOL. Didn't catch her on it.

Around here it seems like the dog and cats don’t allow us on the couches.

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Originally posted by shovelhead:
Around here it seems like the dog and cats don’t allow us on the couches.

My kids had already trashed the furniture to the point that I'm not replacing it until they move out. ..which probably will be about the end of the lifespan of the dog, so I figure he might as well enjoy it too. Plus it means I don't have to bend over so far to pet him.

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Originally posted by Prefontaine:
We train the same. Couches and human furniture is for humans, not K9’s. K9’s get their own beds in several rooms. Has to be a pecking order, and respect.

I agree. I also hate getting fur on my furniture. Unfortunately, the wife disagrees, so I have fur on my furniture.

At least we both agree on NO DOGS in the bed.

Are you going to make me get down?

We have three rescue pups at the darthfuster homestead. I’m a big softy so when they disobey Mrs df and get on the couch, I remain neutral. I don’t invite them up but I don’t kick them off either. Somehow this policy makes me a subversive. They’re not even my dogs. I didn’t bring them home, so why is this liability mine? Lol.

Pearl (and all of the Dogs we have been blessed with) is permitted on our furniture and sleeps with us, in our bed.