Furniture (including beds) is your doodle allowed? Yes....No....Sometimes?

[Tricia, Shiloh, Fenway & Tessie]

We have always allowed the dogs to get on the furniture....the beds weren't really an issue since they sleep in their crates....but they jump up there when visiting the bedroom. However....I'm feeling like I may want to change the rules...anyone want to share their experience with this.....why you do or don't allow it....is it sometimes ok and is it confusing to them to allow it by invitation? Lately I have just felt like they jump up whenever they please, wherever they please....on top of whoever they please...and I might be getting cranky about it. I know that is a training issue....but besides the training aspect....I want to know the philosphy of why you do or don't let them.

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

You know, it's very common to have memory lapses during pregnancy. Also, to be confused from time to time. After all, your body is so busy directing its energy toward making a baby, sometimes the mind has to go on autopilot...very similar to a person who becomes delirious during a fever. (May my physiology professors forgive me.)
But never mind all that! Forget I said anything! Yes, Rosco is extremely reluctant to be up on furniture. His discomfort and confusion is quite obvious. Clearly, he has no idea at all of what to do!

ROFL! I guess we could say he's not exactly on the furniture, he's on you! And you're holding him down, I see that now! He really doesn't want to be there!

[Adina P]

ROFL...what are you doing digging through my (and Rosco's) sordid past!?

As I said...there were exceptions =) This was an adorable moment because as soon as he got up there he was velcro'd down ... savoring the moment as well as he could! But seriously, when he's invited up on the bed...he gets VERY confused.

[LuvMyAbby&Kaela]

ROTFL!

[LuvMyAbby&Kaela]

"--sometimes they have stinky butts and dingleberries - I don't want that rubbing on where I put my head to nap!"

Yaaaa!!!

LOL!!!

[Leslie and Halas]

Spoiled doodle at my house! Halas is allowed on all of the furniture and most of the people. Well, OK, he doesn't really get on the people that much. Like others have posted, I got tired of sitting on the floor with him all the time, so I started letting him up on the couch. He doesn't spend a lot of time up there, because he gets pretty warm, but he does like to lay on "his" corner of the couch. And he sometimes uses the couch as a backstop for his doodle zooms. I live by myself, and I have a king size bed, so I let Halas on the bed, too. He even has steps to help him get up there. He's a mini, so the bed is pretty high for him to try to jump on. He can jump up there if he really tries, but I'd rather have him think he needs the stairs. That way I can just move the stairs when I don't want him up there. If he's really wet or dirty, and I tell him to stay off the furniture for a little bit, he seems ok with it. He also knows that he can't play on the bed. And no dog treats or yucky chew toys are allowed on the furniture, either.

[LuvMyAbby&Kaela]

Ya ya ya you are all dingleberry heads! LMAO!

[Adina P]

Hear hear for the dingleberry-FREE heads!

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

My dog doesn't have dingleberries! I didn't even know what they were!

[LuvMyAbby&Kaela]

LMAO!!

[Adina P]

Well you are one lucky lady to have a furry butted dog that keeps himself so clean!
Tell Jack he can sit on my couch any day!

[Tricia, Shiloh, Fenway & Tessie]

The treat thing is what has prompted me to get cranky....they want to cart their rawhides up there....all wet and gooey after they have been chewing for a while....and the whitish yucky gunk that comes off of them has gotten on the sofa cushions...which I can remove and wash....but I don't want them chewing their toys up there.....so is it difficult to allow access to the couch, but not with a chew? Do they understand that sometimes I can and sometimes I can't.....do you think they can understand that it is the chew toy that makes it not ok?

[Leslie and Halas]

If Halas jumps up on the couch with something, I just take it from him, put it on the floor, and tell him he can't bring that up here. He may try one more time, but as soon as he starts looking at the couch, I tell him again that the treat can't be up here, and he usually gets it. I think he actually understands a little better if he brings it on the couch the first time, and I specifically take the treat from him and put it on the floor, while I let him stay on the couch. He seems to understand that he is welcome, but the treat isn't. Sometimes, he'll decide to stay on the couch and forget about the treat. Other times, he'll jump down and get the treat. Then he looks very sad for about 15 minutes, while he wanders around the house with his special treat, trying to figure out where he can hide it or lay down to enjoy it.