How to keep dog off couch?

[MissBandit]

My boxer is a sneak, he crawls onto the couch when we are not home, or when we are in bed. He has a chair that is his and his alone, but obviously that isn't good enough.
When I find him on the couch, I really give it too him and send him outside - but it just isn't detering him. I'm getting sick of having to pile toys and things on the couch everytime we go out, or go to bed. A couple of times he even pawed the stuff off so he could lay there!

Is there any way I can stop this? I thought I was doing everything right.

[erdog3]

Your dog does not understand the difference between the couch and his chair, unfortunately you either have to say no to all your seating arrangements, or any chair is fair game for your dog.
I did actually manage to teach my 2 yo lab not to go up on our brand new recliners, and she won't, but any other chairs are fair game for her, muddy paws and all.
Unless you are there most of the time, to teach this, I would just remove your dog from any of your chairs.
P.S. now you have let him up though, it is going to take a while to teach him no go.

[nlgordaz]

This video helped me with the same problems
http://www.ehow.com/video_2348860_ke...off-couch.html

Lane

[fairlight]

This thread is over 5 years old....I hope the OP eventually got her dog off the couch! hahahahahahaha!!

[~WelshStump~]

Dang, Fair beat me to it! LOL.

Anyway, Just in case anyone wants to know, the best thing to do in this case is
go out to your car, get the mats on the floor (clean them if they're dirty), and place them pointy nub side up on the couch. They wont like that once they hit it!

[fairlight]

Originally Posted by ~WelshStump~

Dang, Fair beat me to it! LOL.

Anyway, Just in case anyone wants to know, the best thing to do in this case is
go out to your car, get the mats on the floor (clean them if they're dirty), and place them pointy nub side up on the couch. They wont like that once they hit it!

Hey...that would keep DH off the couch too!

[~WelshStump~]

Originally Posted by fairlight

Hey...that would keep DH off the couch too!

Well, Just not moody brothers who suddenly want to know where all their car mats went to!

[Espencer85]

Originally Posted by nlgordaz

This video helped me with the same problems
http://www.ehow.com/video_2348860_ke...off-couch.html

Lane

That does not work for every dog, i did that while i was trying to housebrake Chuck as a puppy, he could care less if i was having a marching band next to him, he only looked at me like "i'll be right there with you in a moment to help you with your issue but i need to pee on the carpet first ok?"

The car's mats sounds like a good idea

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