princessmom Posted September 1, 2010 Report Share Posted September 1, 2010 Today Milla has jumped up on the loveseat twice after a human has vacated it. I chased her off the first time. The second time (several hours later) I sort of growled her name, made eye contact. She seemed to consider my implied command and then jumped down to lie on a couch cushion that was lying on the floor. Should I just ignore her and not worry about it or am I'm going down a path that leads to trouble later? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey.Zarly Posted September 1, 2010 Report Share Posted September 1, 2010 It's up to you since we all have different house rules. My partner and I have 2 couches (with two seats) and Zarly lays on his and Joey lays on mine LOL!, I allow it but i am always cleaning them from the furr My dogs are allowed to go anywhere anytime in the house, although when we eat they are to sit away and they do.. there is enough dog furr in the food.. don't need anymore if their close Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuskyCouture Posted September 1, 2010 Report Share Posted September 1, 2010 embry is allowed on the couch but if i tell him off, he will get off. and he usually won't go on the couch if someone is sitting on the other side, unless it me but i don't mind sharing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil Miss Bump Posted September 1, 2010 Report Share Posted September 1, 2010 ozzy is allowed wherever he wants, but if i tell him to get down he will do.....he likes snuggling up with me on the couch and even sometimes on top of mike on the lazy boy!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarahNukka&Shadow Posted September 1, 2010 Report Share Posted September 1, 2010 I personally believe that as long as the dog shows the signs of knowing its place in the pack then they are allowed up on the sofa, I like a cuddle! But if they ever start refusing to move they get pulled right off, my rescue boy has this, I say shift he doesnt so without a pause he gets uncerimoniously yanked off, he is slowly learning that I mean what I say and will make him do it if he doesnt. My little girl though that iv had from a pup is very good you say shift and she shifts right away, this kind of dates to when she was realy little and I'd say shift and then just sit down wheather she'd moved or not, it only took once and she moved every time after once of being sat on! LOL This doesnt work with the big lad as hes so big he just doesnt care if you sit on him so you have to move him without a beat! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renniwano Posted September 1, 2010 Report Share Posted September 1, 2010 We let Neo on the sofa.. but only on the understanding that he knows that if we say off.. he's off.. I agree that as long as they know their place there shouldn't be an issue.. If Neo refused to get off the sofa.. he wouldn't be getting back on it in a hurry.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BingBlaze n Skyla Posted September 1, 2010 Report Share Posted September 1, 2010 mine are allowed up if they are invited and when we say off they have to get off that way its on our terms so they wont see them self as alpha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slaves to kaya Posted September 1, 2010 Report Share Posted September 1, 2010 I think its down to whether you want to allow him on the sofa or not. Are you prepared to share your sofa with a fully grown husky i allow kaya on the sofa throughout the day, but hubby doesn't allow it! She listens out for his car pulling up on the drive and then jumps down hee hee, its our girly secret xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamz Posted September 1, 2010 Report Share Posted September 1, 2010 i think i am the only person on here that doesnt allow this lmao....we dont allow shiloh up on sofa and never have done since we brought him home......my reasons for this are :- 1. seriously if we did he would take over the entire sofa!!! 2. i am a childminder so i just dont like the idea of other kids getting covered in dog hairs- especially as none of them have dogs themselves 3. he has his own space in his crate with a huge cushion so he doesnt need to come up on sofa 4. he still gets cuddles etc, he is that big now he can reach us no problem...he actually quite likes sitting on floor inbetween mine or ians legs some people may think i am being mean but at the end of the day thats how i see things.....he isnt allowed upstairs either or in the kitchen...he knows where he can go and he quite good at keeping to those areas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valkyries Posted September 1, 2010 Report Share Posted September 1, 2010 mine are allowed but their only allowen in the living room with us xxxx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smooginz Posted September 1, 2010 Report Share Posted September 1, 2010 He's only allowed up when invited Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa (Fragglebabe) Posted September 1, 2010 Report Share Posted September 1, 2010 mine are allowed anywhere they wish, but if asked they will get down it is a personal choice, you'll have a lot less vacumming if you don't lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Removed #1 Posted September 1, 2010 Report Share Posted September 1, 2010 We have one couch that Fox is allowed on...this is mostly because our toddler began destroying it long before Fox came along...it started out as a beautiful leather and tapestry chaise...now I'm debating whether or not I'm going to bust out he curvie needle (yeah don't know technical names there...) to repair one of the cushions. He's allowed on our bed at night when we go to sleep but since the incident with that 'other dog' (We have a large mirror on our dresser, and one morning Fox woke up at the bumb crack of there's light in the room. He caught movement. He hopped up and started investigating...he tried intimidating that strange dog...aka his reflection...and that bugger just intimidated him right back. He tried making the 'come play with me...my butt's in the air...can't you see...oh oh you're doing it too' thing...but got very annoyed that his possible friend wouldn't come over to play with him. Then he spent ten minutes trying to sneak up on himself in the mirror...man did that piss him off...he just couldn't get the upper hand, it was like...that other dog was reading his mind!!!) he'd prefer to sleep under our bed or in his crate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparks Posted September 1, 2010 Report Share Posted September 1, 2010 i let Yogi on the sofa, but only if i am in the room with him, and only when i allow it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted September 1, 2010 Report Share Posted September 1, 2010 Ice is fast asleep on ours now. We weren't going to let him on but the kids are always jumping all over it so its forever getting wiped down due to footprints, spilt drinks etc, the cats have put claw marks in it, whats a few paw prints here and there, he normally sits in one of the chairs that hardly ever gets used but when its quiet like now he gets laid out. He gets off when told to though. We could do with a new one but its pointless at the minute as it'll only get trashed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raindog Posted September 1, 2010 Report Share Posted September 1, 2010 Our dogs are part of the family so we don't have any proscriptive rules about where they are and aren't allowed to go. If, for some reason we don't want them on the sofa, we simply tell them to get off and they do. Years ago we kept ours as kennel dogs, but we felt we were missing so much in our interactions with them that we changed completely (some of them even sleep on the bed!). Wouldn't have it any other way! Mind you, some people think we treat our dogs too much like family: Mick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosemary Posted September 1, 2010 Report Share Posted September 1, 2010 It is fantastic seeing your dogs Mick Absolutely love the one of the three curled up on the one couch as well as the one of them sprawled all over the couches and floor - fantastic :D Great photos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BingBlaze n Skyla Posted September 1, 2010 Report Share Posted September 1, 2010 mick i absolutely LOVE the pic ov the 3 ov them all curled up on the sofa lol such a wkd pic mine have been allowed up since they were pups Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kells xx Posted September 1, 2010 Report Share Posted September 1, 2010 like most people on here, i allow my dogs on the chairs but they will get down if told!!! however darwin likes to snuggle in my lil bro erik and squash him lol as long as you can get them down without growling or fuss then i think its fine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerry_lapworth Posted September 1, 2010 Report Share Posted September 1, 2010 Saaba and Raya had both been jumping on the chairs and bed (to lie down) when they wanted. I have put a stop to it. They can only come up when they are invited and are told 'off' once they get up without being asked. Its working so far ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TamaraPadurariu Posted September 1, 2010 Report Share Posted September 1, 2010 i think i am the only person on here that doesnt allow this lmao....we dont allow shiloh up on sofa and never have done since we brought him home......my reasons for this are :- 1. seriously if we did he would take over the entire sofa!!! 2. i am a childminder so i just dont like the idea of other kids getting covered in dog hairs- especially as none of them have dogs themselves 3. he has his own space in his crate with a huge cushion so he doesnt need to come up on sofa 4. he still gets cuddles etc, he is that big now he can reach us no problem...he actually quite likes sitting on floor inbetween mine or ians legs some people may think i am being mean but at the end of the day thats how i see things.....he isnt allowed upstairs either or in the kitchen...he knows where he can go and he quite good at keeping to those areas Hi Tami! I agree with you 100% because I am doing the same with my husky! He is not allowed on the couch,in fact ,he never wanted to sit on the couch,since he was a puppy! He is 13 months now and he is big enough to take over my entire couch!If he would then I should sit on the floor or on his cushion! ha,ha! After all ,i am the boss not him! Right? He must know that from very young! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynnmw1208 Posted September 1, 2010 Report Share Posted September 1, 2010 I would let Pongo up on the couch if he would behave! lol. Whenever I invite him up for cuddles he thinks it's play time and gets all excited. He walks all over you and paws at you so I just end up pushing him off and tell him "get off". I wouldn't mind him up there since we got leather now and he can't really hurt it, but he's just too wild . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmiles Posted September 1, 2010 Report Share Posted September 1, 2010 We do not allow Denali up on the furniture. She has only one time jumped up on the couch. I think it caught her by surprise that she was up that high, and got down right away. If we are on the couch watching TV and she wants attention, she will come over and nudge us with her nose until we give her some attention. Occasionally she will put her front paws up on our lap as we are sitting there, but she so far has not made an effort to try to get the back paws up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lyra Posted September 1, 2010 Report Share Posted September 1, 2010 At first we were not going to let Lyra on our couches (we have two futons), but that was a losing battle. She'll come snuggle with us, and we make sure she gets off the furniture if we tell her to get down. She did completely destroy one of the wooden futon arms when she was about 10 weeks old, however. It looks like a beaver got to it. I couldn't really get upset, though, because Aaron turned his back on her and 2 minutes later we had a gnawed couch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
husky princess Posted September 4, 2010 Report Share Posted September 4, 2010 I started of as a defo no no & then I just wanted to cuddle him...so I thought ah so what it's only a sofa! We love having cuddles together but he is told to move when necessary which he does. He's not allowed to go upstairs & he knows this. What I need is carpet which is mud/husky coloured!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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