Does your dog "belong" on the furniture?

Our dog is banned off the furniture as she rips it to shreds.

We adopted two big dogs four months ago. A mother/daughter combo. My husband and I are still debating each other over whether they should be allowed on the black leather couch or not. They don't go on the beds, never even tried. And they have their own big, soft cushy beds. I want to cover the couch with a slipcover or a sheet or blanket but my hubby won't let me because... are you ready? His mother covered the furniture and he hated it that only company got to sit on the nice furniture and he had to sit on the plastic cover. I'd get a nice slipcover but he likes his black leather couch. I just know there's going to be a hole poked in it one of these days. It's impossible to keep her off it now. She's been allowed all this time. Sigh.

When our cats have chosen a spot to lay in and we try to move them out of the way they will whine at us! We get a good laugh out of that one. My kitten lays on my side at night. When I move her she will come back up and get comfy again.

We let the cat up on the couch and the bed but nothing else. Dogs on the other hand need to stay off the furniture. They can cause too much damage just by accident. If you have a really little dog then I do not see any real harm in them chilling on the couch but BIG dogs need to keep off.

We have a beagle.She is not allowed on the living room furniture.She does sleep with my 13 year old daughter. During the day, my two youngest daughters often let her snuggle with them on their beds. We have 2 dog beds,one upstairs and one downstairs.She likes to lay in those. One time,we were all outside and left her alone to long;at least she thought it was long.I heard this awful noise coming from my house. In case you don't know, Beagles don't really bark, they howl. I ran into the house thinking she was hurt. I found her standing in the middle of my table, howling! One of the chairs hadn't been pushed all the way back up to the table.So,she was able to climb on the chair and then the table. We now make sure the chairs are pushed to the table. We don't really leave her alone ever since we found out that our dog likes to dance on tables and have howling parties. LOL!

I have a sixteen year old mutt, that is her in the photo, the black and white, anyhoo, we figure if she is still able to make the jump to the furniture she is welcome to it. We have taken to putting a blanket on all furniture because like your dog, she won't let us trim her nails very often. It is a wrestling match to do it. The littlest dog, my big pom, sheds like crazy, so the blankets help keep the hair off my couch. We remove them when we know friends are coming over. They won't jump on the couches when friends are over.

our animals are always aloud on furnite because you can cuddle with them and they stay quitev lol

No, it's disgusting!

My dogs are allowed on the furniture in the family room but not the living room. And they understand the difference. Plus they are well-mannered and always ask if the can get up on the furniture - when we are around. They go on the bed - and I am grateful they let me use the bed at night. But the the older of my 2 guys, will lie about being on the couch - when he hears us coming in...he jumps off the couch and run to the bed and lies down on it. He closes his eyes like he was sleeping. But when I touch the couch where he was, he puts his head down and comes over to give me a lick. I put boxes or something on furniture when I think of it to keep him off or I cover with blankets to protect the furniture.

My dogs are allowed on the furniture.It doesn't bother me if they lay on the couch or my bad.they're my family.It's ok as long as they don't chew the furniture,then it would be a problem.