How to Keep a Dog off the Furniture
Despite your best efforts to train your dog, it might be common for you to return home from work to discover damaged furniture. So it's essential to train your pets to stay off the furniture.
Training and Reward
You will need to invite your dog onto the furniture to teach it to stay off the furniture. Encourage your dog to climb onto the furniture. Reward it with a positive command such as "good boy/girl". Use a command such as "off". Don't raise your voice or force it. When it does as you've asked, reward it with a treat. This will reinforce (强化) the good behavior of staying off the furniture. It'll associate getting down with a positive result, such as a tasty treat. Keep reinforcing the "off" command with a pocket full of treats on standby.
Its Own Space
Many homeowners are turning to ceramic tiles (瓷砖) or hardwood. You wouldn't want to lie on cold wood or tiles in the winter months and neither would your dog. Plush(长绒毛) pillows or comfortable pet beds give your dog a warm alternative to snuggling (蜷伏) beside you on the sofa. If it still seeks the security of your presence nearby, place its bed close to where you're sitting.
In Your Absence
Despite your best efforts, your dog may decide sleeping on the sofa is OK as long as you're not around to punish it. Consider turning over the dining room chairs and placing them on the sofa or your armchairs. For those disappointed by your efforts to protect your furniture, consider a doggy gate to keep the living room off limits in your absence.
A. Ask it to get down.
B. But how to train it?
C. Ask it to stand up on the furniture.
D. Let it be if your dog fails to learn to stand by.
E. This will make the furniture far less appealing.
F. Don't give up if your dog is a slow learner, as a lot of dogs are.
G. Place a treat on your pet's bed to reinforce how great it is for it to be there.
