Lately I’ve been wondering how much longer our leather couches will look good. We’ve been letting our puppy get up on the couch so that she can sit with us, but occasionally she’ll try to bit the couch or tries to dig in the seats. I wonder what the couches will look like 6 months from now?
I’d love it if our basement was finished already. I’d move our couch, loveseat and lazyboy chair downstairs and use it like leather home theater seating set since we plan to set up a home theater in the basement if we go the rec room route.
I really don’t mind having the dog on the couch … well as long as our furniture can stand up to it.
Do you let your dog or cat on the couch? How do you keep them from ruining your furniture? Just keep telling them no when they are doing something that might damage the couch?
Hi Tricia:
I let Bailey on my chairs. I don’t have a couch any longer but when I did he was up there also. The only problem I had with that was when he would scratch around trying to get the perfect spot. If I noticed it I would “ask” him to stop. You notice I say “ask” him. ha ha But it worked….he always stopped. Now he just gets up on the recliner and finds him the perfect spot. He also sleeps on my bed on a blanket that I wash often. But he hasn’t ruined anything yet. At this point, he probably won’t because he is an adult dog and he knows better. I’ve pretty much got him trained but it’s taken a loooooooong time to get here. Another thing I do ALL THE TIME is to praise him when he does good. And he gets a milk bone snack. I always tell him how wonderful he is and how cute he is and he wags his tail like crazy. Then he goes to the kitchen, stares up a the milk bone box and barks as if to say “Okay….I get another snack because I’m so cute and so lovable and so good!”