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How many of you give your dogs free run of the house including being on the furniture and sleeping on your bed. I only ask because I am always seeing pics of peoples malamutes and huskies on facebook taking over their sofas and bed and these people are often the same people who will post about theirdogs pulling or recommend gadgets to others to stop their dogs pulling when I have always found the answer to pulling to be correct training. Just wondered what you guys thought, is allowing your dog on the furniture when they want overly spoiling them?
 
My GSDs aren't allowed upstairs or on the furniture, but the Lancashire Heeler does sleep upstairs, sometimes on the bed. I don't personally think allowing dogs on furniture has any bearing on pulling etc, as long as it is the owners decision and the dog gets off as soon as it is told . If the dog just takes over the house and the owner has no say in the matter then I agree this will no doubt be linked to other "rude" behaviour.
 
My dogs are all allowed on soafs and beds etc but they still have to behave - if I want to sit on a chair where there is a dog then the dog will be getting down! I think the problems come when people allow the dog to prevent them having the sofa etc
 
Mine are allowed anywhere and have their own sofa (!) but, when required, do not pull on the lead and have a respectable level of obedience for the breed. Fact is a sibe or mal is somewhat genetically predisposed towards pulling... :)
 
Loco never pulls and she is allowed on furniture at the OHs but not at my parents, that said she has been taught to ask before she gets up this is shown by placing her paw on said peice of furniture and oofing.
 
Dont get me wrong i dont mind my boy on the sofa IF invited. He is not allowed upstairs and therefore not on the bed just wondering how many people let their dogs simply do as they please in the home. It just seems that so many of the people who post pics of their dogs taking over their bed etc are also the ones that post about how stubborn and difficult their dogs are.
 
Mine are allowed anywhere during the day. At night the 2 terriers sleep in the kitchen, the dobie on sofa in living room and the staffy x has his own bedroom complete with single bed and dinosaur duvet cover 😳 if OH is on nights the staffy comes to bed with me though.
 
we are in Italy.My two standard poodles do sleep on our bed,they also are really well trained and dont pull on lead.We take them in shops,in the mall even in some restaurants.They also get off our leather couch on request.
I do admit to not allowing my previous rottie and also my dogue de Bordeaux upstairs as they shed for England and were content to sleep in the lounge. The latter two were CDX trained and never pulled either.
In Italy,the fact that all my dogs have slept indoors at night makes me an oddity I live in the countryside where the norm is to leave dogs in their gardens day and night...my dogs are protected from poison meatballs and repay me with their complicity.
I think pulling is also a breed trait especially in the Nordic breeds,so they have to be trained specifically in this area to redirect the urge ....the breeds with higher prey drive also tend to have a lower threshold for instant ,blind obedience.
 
My two aren't allowed on the furniture or the bed unless I'm ill. Mostly due to the hair. It took me two and a half years to train the big un not to pull, and then I had to swap with OH for the puppy because he pulled as OH has no patience or training skills. Little one is still pulling, but not quite so badly. I therefore conclude that pulling is not influenced by being allowed on the furniture, although I do think that not having boundaries in one area has a knock on effect in others. Anything they do has to be with your say-so.
 
My old springer was never allowed on the furniture, his recall was second to nine, his heel work was fantastic - but put him on a lead and he pulled like a train. The stronger the controls the worse he was. He never improved - even aged 17, on his way to the vet, he pulled.
 
blackcob said:
Fact is a sibe or mal is somewhat genetically predisposed towards pulling... :)
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Giggles :) :) :)

My dogs are allowed everywhere, and quite honestly I don't think I would ever have the strength of character to try and stop greyhounds sleeping on the sofa/bed :D They don't ever pull on the lead..... today I got more admiring comments from a labrador owner who was being taken for a walk by her one dog, as my four dogs walked perfectly alongside me :D
 
My dogs allowed on the sofa but only if she's quiet and sits and the other end and only when invited. The moment she starts attention seeking and jumping up before we sit on it she's asked to get down. She doesn't pull she's not mollycoddled and she's vertically no behavioural problems (chasing cats and killing chickens are not things I consider behavioural problems as they are natural!)
 
My dog has never tried to get on the furniture or our beds. He lies on his blanket or on my feet. He does sleep upstairs with us but he has his own bed. He doesn't pull on his lead and even when I was on crutches I could lead him with me because he is such a little gentleman :)
 
Oh, soffa, bed - anywhere she likes really. She sleeps on the pillow above my head.

She's four months old, and her lead work is coming on brilliantly. She has plenty of boundaries, and during the day is in her bed in the kitchen, or just generally hanging around with us outside.

She's a Bichon, and I'm completely bissotted.
 
equi said:
My dogs allowed on the sofa but only if she's quiet and sits and the other end and only when invited. The moment she starts attention seeking and jumping up before we sit on it she's asked to get down. She doesn't pull she's not mollycoddled and she's vertically no behavioural problems (chasing cats and killing chickens are not things I consider behavioural problems as they are natural!)
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I have chickens and disagree! Your dog exhibits bad behaviour. Fighting is natural, too, as is stealing food, does he do that too?

Our dogs don't generally get allowed on the furniture but occasionally they get on the beds in the morning. They are working dogs and well behaved, I don't think getting on the bed for a cuddle makes them intractable.
 
Mine are allowed anywhere in the house and don't pull on the lead.

Pulling on the lead is a sign of a lack of training and nothing to do with what you do or do not allow your dog to do at home - odd question !
 
R has the run of the hallway and kitchen.
Not allowed upstairs but she sneaks up there... not allowed on the furniture but she has her own cushion :D
 
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