in this episode I'll answer the question
to if it's okay for your dog to be on
furniture or bad hello dog lovers I get
this question often from my client that
if it's okay for a dog to be getting on
the furniture including the bed and the
couches in the house or not whether it's
okay or where does it help the dog to
develop bad behavior or to become
dominant so here's my take on this
question from my perspective dogs are
pets and pets are most of the time
family members and in general family
members are allowed to do everything they
wanna do unless there are some certain
rules in the house then set them out and
you follow through so in my opinion dogs
they should be allowed on the furniture
and if you're okay with that so that's
the problem most dogs they don't know
whether there are allowed on the couches
or the furniture or not when you clear
this up when you clear this mystery for
your dog then your dog is much more
happier and more relaxed to also to
follow that
so here's the problem if the dog doesn't
know whether if it's allowed on the
couch or not then it tries to get on the
couch and you say no get off the couch
then it becomes conflict therefore you
think your dog is trying to develop
domination toward you or also is
developing bad behavior dogs in general
they don't want to get into conflict off the
couch that's it you're not allowed on it
you're not thank you it's much healthier
for them it's much much more clear for
them if they know whether they're
allowed or not so it's my love just
being clear to your dog for example in
my house my dogs they're not allowed on
the couches or in bed in general it's
not because it will help them to develop
bad behavior or become dominant it's
just because we want to preserve our
furniture we don't want them to get
damaged or dirty so therefore we don't
allow them on the couch and they don't
care about it if they're not allowed on
the couch they don't even try to get on
the couch because the rule has been set
and they don't try to break it the way
you will set the rule is you practice it
for few days or few weeks so all you have
to do is just let them know that they
are allowed or not on the couch the reason
they develop bad behavior is because
they're confused they don't know whether
they're allowed or not you can't say because
because today is Friday you're okay you're
allowed to on the couch but on Monday
or Tuesday's you're not allowed on the
couch your dog doesn't understand that
part all your dog understands is one day
I'm allowed one minute I am not allowed the
next day I'm allowed then next minute I'm
not allowed so all you have to do is
tell your dog either yes or
so you have to also decide if you want
your down on the couch or not you can
pick any part of the house any furniture
in the house and teach them whether
they're allowed on the furniture or not
and they will be okay so to make it easy
for you and your dog here's what I
suggest you to do get a piece of paper
divide it in half and put two notes on
top yes or no yes meaning your dog is
allowed on that furniture or in that
room or whatever area on that and the
house is and the other side NO the dog
is not allowed on that furniture and not
allowed in that area of the house so for
example you can say in the kitchen the dog
is allowed but not in the bedroom you can
say the dog is allowed on the chair in
the living room but not on the chair in the
backyard so you can just pick and teach
the dog which areas and furnitures you
don't want your dog to be and you just
speak to your family and decide this
everybody has to be on the same page
every family member has to know where
the dog is and allowed and is not allowed
make few copies of this paper and post
it in every location in the house that
you need to keep your dog so everybody's
on the same page every family member is
on the same page and is following the
same rule as the dog so everybody knows
what they are supposed to do simple
solution and by the way getting on the
furniture or on your bed or on your
couches doesn't make your dog to become
dominant that that is a very outdated very
old fashioned
way of thinking dogs they don't practice
domination with getting on furniture and
stuff pets and dogs are not dominant I'll
have a separate video about this subject
in future so make sure to subscribe to
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common question whether your dog is
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