Training Older Dogs To Stay Off Furniture

Dogs usually jump up to get to something they want like a scrap of food or a comfy place to sleep.

Training older dogs to stay off furniture.

Zakgeorge when you check o. Say off and make a sweeping hand gesture as your dog moves from the couch. Teach your dog a reliable off cue. If your dog is older or has been allowed on the couch in the past you ll need to be more proactive with your training to teach them to stay off the couch now.

It s time to teach him the off cue a dog friendly way to get your dog to move from the furniture. If your dog does hop on your furniture uninvited you can teach him a reliable off cue. The floor or your dog s bed should be comfortable and enticing. It s hard to trade a good thing for a boring or bad thing.

Take a small treat and throw it on the ground a few feet away from the couch where your dog is resting. This video is sponsored by molekule. The act of staying off and the reward received afterward. If you ve recently moved or gotten new furniture teaching them to stay off the new furniture will be easier than keeping them off a couch in a room they ve spent time on in the past.

Training your dog to stay off of the furniture consists of two parts. If you choose not to let your puppy on the couch or other furniture it s best to train him to stay off the furniture while he is still a puppy before he gets too used to getting comfortable on the couch. This can be a difficult command to teach but it is possible. Keep a comfortable dog bed in any room where there is furniture you don t want your dog to get on.

It may be the kitchen counter your bed the living room couch or anything else you don t want your dog on. You also can train your dog to settle on his bed using the training described in how to train your dog to settle on the mat 3. You ll want your dog to be eager to sit or lay elsewhere. Make sure your dog s bed is.