Archive for February 9th, 2010
Dogs are innately attracted to areas where their masters have sat down or rested; it’s predominantly a scent attraction. This is the reason that dogs will often frequent your furniture or bed, despite your best efforts to keep their fur and hair off your fabric. There are a few steps you can take to keep your pets from sleeping on the furniture. First, designer dog beds will often attract an animal to sleep at the same location. After your dog has slept in their bed a few times, they will associate it as ‘their space’. There is a variety of small dog beds available, but most of the time pets aren’t too picky (but obviously a Great Dane won’t fare well in a bed half their size!).
If your dog continues to sleep on the furniture or your bed even after you’ve given them their own bed, try disciplining with a whistle if they get up on the furniture, and remain consistent with the practice. After a time your dog will come to understand that they’re not supposed to be on the furniture.