If I were to train my dogs not to jump up on the couch and other furniture,?

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but then allow them to sit on my lap when invited, would that be too inconsistent for learning/hard to understand? Sometimes my little dogs come in with wet paws and get marks all over the couch, I put an old sheet on it, but they just ruffle it up with their digging and rolling, and end up getting the couch filthyanyway. I would just say stay off the couch all together, but my little girl and I enjoy sitting on the couch with the dogs while we are talking, reading a book or watching a movie. They really are sweet and lovable, just sometimes grubby.

Answer 1

i would teach them not to get on the furniture. then if they don't get on it, u can allow them to get on the couch w/ u and yur little girl, it's sort of a reward system for them. a good way to teach them is to put on a sheet over the furniture and then lay chairs upside down on the furniture. it worked very well w/ my dogs. then when we got home, if they didn't climb over the chairs, we would allow them to sit on the couch w/ us and get petted
hope this helps
-horseygirl

Answer 2

They're little dogs, I take it?

It's certainly possible to teach them the difference of coming up on your lap on the couch and coming up on the furniture uninvited, but as you've already guessed, it can be a gray area for them. If you are crystal clear about only letting them on your lap and *never* letting them drape over on the couch, I think that it would be significantly easier than if you have a bigger dog who is half on the couch and half on your lap. If the latter, you can teach a dog to come up onto the couch only when invited, but you do potentially open a the door that they may start to get up when not invited and you would have to actively train for that where you might not have to if you never, ever allowed them up in the first place.

Answer 3

I think it depends on the dog. I've fostered dogs before that just could not understand this concept at all and just got too excited. But my dog does a good job of this.....now when I'm gone I'm sure she sneaks on the couch because I've seen the hair...lol... but when I'm home she doesn't get up there unless I tell her to. I trained her using water in a spray bottle. When she did something she wasn't suppose to (even potting in the house) I'd spray her with the spray bottle and she learned quickly from that.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

I put broomsticks across the couch to keep my dog off of the couch. I also load the couch up with stuffed animals or other junk, if the couch is full, he won't even bother trying to get up there. Sometimes he gets bold and jumps over them anyway, but has been mostly effective in keeping him off. Have you tried crating them?

Answer 6

I'm not sure, but it does sound like a set up. I was able to teach my pooch that she could come on the love-seat only...no other furniture. But I don't think the dog will be able to discern when he/she's too dirty for furniture. Either you're on, or you're off, know what I mean?

Answer 7

They will learn the difference between couch and human quite quickly. Mine have...but a greyhound does tend to overspill the average lap onto the couch anyway! lol

Answer 8

Teach them furniture is always off limits unless mommy uses a simple command, such as come. You'll be surprised how quickly they learn.

Answer 9

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Answer 10

no thats not inconsistent..your teaching them to do what you want..they shouldn't get up on the couch unless invited..so i would start training them that no matter what they don't get up on the couch even if you do want them up there, don't let them up unless invited..you don't have to be verbal about it, just if they jump up put them down and keep doing it till they get the idea..don't make eye contact with them. but whether their paws or wet or dry, work on showing them not to get up on the couch unless invited..