Rotties on furniture

[Collapso]

I'm curious to find out whether most of you allow or disallow your dogs on your bed and furniture. My theory is that dogs do not belong on my furniture because I don't want the hair on it and I don't want to complete for a chunck of real estate whether I'm sleeping or watching TV. Also, sometimes I put things up on a table to prevent canine temptation. If my dog climbs on furniture, that might not be a safe place to put things. Even though I have a small dog, as Rottweilers go anyway, she would still take up too much room. Besides, how can she warm my feet if she's in my lap???

[pbach]

Bob we don't allow our dogs on the furniture or on/in our beds. They have their own real estate. I don't crawl in their crate, they don't crawl in my bed simple as that. Now they do have their own couch down in the basement :D. But I don't sit on that either.

[Burnsway]

It's a personal decision I make with each dog, their personality, dominance level, and what stages of home training we are going through, and just how well they are going to take that privilege.

Now with that said they don't need my furniture....They have their own.....

[Jaegergirl]

nope, maverick is not allowed on the furniture or on our beds (heck he can't even get to our bedrooms because the upstairs is gated off). it's bad enough having hair on the floor, much less on the furniture.

[RottiMomCT]

Ben is allowed on the furniture - but he must get off when told, and he does. He gets up on the bed at night only after I am all settled, unless he's already sleeping up there, then I just shove him over ;) .

When I had foster dogs, they were NEVER allowed on the furniture. That was a rule I never wavered on...much harder to untrain that habit than any other one! I made sure foster dogs had their own place to rest when not crated, and Ben was not allowed on the foster dogs bed.

[Sharon Marples]

Our dogs are never allowed on the house furniture. I don't want the hair on me or my visitors.

There are some times that I allow one up on the bed, but I always throw a sheet over the bedspread first so it will collect the hair and not my bedspread.

I've seen a lot of dominance issues start when dogs have been allowed to go and do as they please inside the house. In our home it is OUR home, not the dogs home to do as they please.

[seldown]

We vote dogs off furniture. Keeps things cleaner for ourselves and
visitors. I have allergies and do not need their hair on my couch, bed,
etc...

I remember as a child always having to fit the dogs (shepherds and rotties for couch space), just developed an aversion to having them on our furniture.

[zeus vonkircher]

no bed for zeus either, he ha his own area where he can veg and not get hair all over!!!
plus I think that he thinks that is his special spot :p

[spiccers]

Justus has the her own piece of funiture that we have covered with a dog blanket, she is not allowed on the couch or chair. Only allowed on the bed when invited.

[zeus vonkircher]

plus I think if Zeus could come on the bed (king bed) neither nathan or I would have any room with the way he sreads out when he is sleeping. and he snores :D

[breeze]

well, we used to let bree up on the furniture (with the exception of the bed--she's not allowed in our bedrooom--which is a cat-only zone) but then we found bree got quite bossy when people came over.

now she can only come up to the couch when invited to and has to get off when told.

[LavenderRott]

My beagle mix is allowed on the furniture. I have started kicking her off my bed though, she takes up too much space and won't move over.

Chase simply prefers the floor. I have invited her onto my bed, but since she likes to sleep with her head facing the bottom of the bed, I usually boot her out after regaining conciousness after she farts the first time.

Both of my dogs are older though and well aware of their place in the family pack.

[danyp1]

No dogs on the furniture. Upstairs only when invited and I`m in the same room with her. Bedroom is a cat only zone.

[Collapso]

LavenderRott, you crack me up. Our previous Rott, Jinx (@the bridge 7/2003) was like yours and really knew how to define the "Rot" in Rottweiler. We didn't allow her in bed because she was 115+ lbs....at least that's what we told her. In truth, that dog was a canine EPA violation no matter what we fed her and there was no way we'd let her in bed with us. I'm happy to report that Maggie, so far, has not exiibited those same gaseous tendencies.

[woofus]

I'm one who lets Baby on the couch. In fact, she has her own couch. :D Thus far, Rufus shows no interest on getting up on the couch, but if/when he does, he'll be allowed.

Baby has always been good about giving up the couch if company's over and wants to sit there. Plus, both couches are covered to keep down the hair and mud problem. (I still don't have much grass in parts of the backyard) :(

Baby doesn't get up on the bed though... she claims that I snore.

Woofus!