Chloe is about 3 yrs old now. The first couple years she was crate trained
while we weren't at home. Starting last June she has been left out of the
crate to roam the house (although the crate is still up as she still goes in
it to sleep).

Chloe has never been allowed on the furniture - as she is a mid sized dog
that sheds alot! (lab/terrior mix). And we've never had a problem with
keeping her off furniture. Until recently.

Yesterday I came home to find the pillows thrown from my bed, covers pushed
back and brown fur all over my my bed. I vacuumed it up and put things
away.

Today, before leaving I showed Chloe her training remote and placed it in
the middle of the bed, hoping that the remote would be enough to deter her
from doing this again.

Today I got home to my bed half unmade and fur all over the place.

So, short of putting her back in the crate (which I'm sure she would not
enjoy) any ideas on how to keep her off my bed.

"FurPaw" wrote in message
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Chloe's Mom wrote:

So, short of putting her back in the crate (which I'm sure she would not
enjoy) any ideas on how to keep her off my bed.

Keep the bedroom door closed. It won't train her, but it will solve the
immediate problem.

FurPaw

ah, but the cat... she hangs in the bedroom and requires the door open.

I'm going to try the baby gate trick - up high enough for cat to get under,
and hopefully the do won't figure out how to jump it.

But I do need a more permanent solution. Little stinker that she is.

Chloe's Mom wrote:

So, short of putting her back in the crate (which I'm sure she would not
enjoy) any ideas on how to keep her off my bed.

Keep the bedroom door closed. It won't train her, but it will solve the
immediate problem.

FurPaw



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"Chloe's Mom" wrote in message
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ah, but the cat... she hangs in the bedroom and requires the door open.

I'm going to try the baby gate trick - up high enough for cat to get
under,
and hopefully the do won't figure out how to jump it.

But I do need a more permanent solution. Little stinker that she is.

if she's a lab mix, she'll probably just push right through the gate. :-)

you might train her that crossing the gate means bad things happen, either
with her training collar or a squirt bottle.
when we had a baby gate up in our house, Lola knew she was not to cross the
gate. we never had to punish her, just tell her "no". when Manu came
along, he'd plow right through it. and Lola would just sit on the other
side, not crossing the line. she knew the rules. :-)

-kelly

"Chloe's Mom" wrote in message
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I'm going to try the baby gate trick - up high enough for cat to get
under,
and hopefully the do won't figure out how to jump it.

But I do need a more permanent solution. Little stinker that she is.



Good luck. Both of mine were always AWESOME at staying off the furniture
when we were home but there was always a warm spot on their special piece of
furniture.

I gave up.



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http://www.fluttervale.com/kennel - Fluttervale Labradors
http://www.fluttervale.com/biography - Canine Biography

"Chloe's Mom" wrote in message
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So, short of putting her back in the crate (which I'm sure she would not
enjoy) any ideas on how to keep her off my bed.

You might want to invest in a few X-Mats. They work like scat-mats in
theory but are cheap, non-electronic and they work. My dogs won't go near
the sofas when the mats are down but they know when the mats aren't there
that there's no reason not to have a cozy nap. Anyway, they are basically a
plastic office chair pad turned upside down with all the blunted spikes
sticking up. They won't puncture paw pads but they're unpleasant enough to
do the trick. Here's a link to show you what I mean.

http://www.jbpet.com/Shopping/produc...rainingDevices

--
Tara

So, short of putting her back in the crate (which I'm sure she would not
enjoy) any ideas on how to keep her off my bed.




She's trying to tell you something. Get her a nice cushy dog bed of her own
and she'll probably be willing to leave your bed alone.


Janet Boss
http://bestfriendsdogobedience.com/
http://photos.yahoo.com/bestfriendsobedience

J1Boss wrote:

She's trying to tell you something. Get her a nice cushy dog bed of her own
and she'll probably be willing to leave your bed alone.


Hah! Tell that to my dog. After trying numerous shapes and styles of
dog bed, I even tried removing a couch cushion and putting it in a
better place for me. She'd have nothing to do with it. A couch is a
couch is a couch, and that's where the dog will be. (I draw the line at
dogs in my bed. The doors to the bedrooms are closed when we're out.)


--Lia

Julia Altshuler wrote:

J1Boss wrote:

She's trying to tell you something. Get her a nice cushy dog bed of
her own
and she'll probably be willing to leave your bed alone.



Hah! Tell that to my dog. After trying numerous shapes and styles of
dog bed, I even tried removing a couch cushion and putting it in a
better place for me. She'd have nothing to do with it. A couch is a
couch is a couch, and that's where the dog will be. (I draw the line at
dogs in my bed. The doors to the bedrooms are closed when we're out.)


--Lia


I am the opposite. I don't mind them on my bed since I have throw
blankets and clean the entire bedding all the time. I don't care
for them on the couch. Clovis has suddenly decided that is her
place and we are constantly telling her off.


Gwen

"Chloe's Mom" wrote in message
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[..]
Today, before leaving I showed Chloe her training remote and placed it in
the middle of the bed, hoping that the remote would be enough to deter her
from doing this again.

Today I got home to my bed half unmade and fur all over the place.

So, short of putting her back in the crate (which I'm sure she would not
enjoy) any ideas on how to keep her off my bed.


I'm almost choked as to why you think this would or should work - and why a
pet dog owner would have a dog that they expected to be upset and afraid of
the device. These, in the UK anyhow, are considered absolute ultimatum
devises for dogs with problems so severe that they might otherwise face
euthanasia, such as sheep chasing, and then only by qualified and
experienced behaviourists.

Where I don't want my dog to go, I deny access while I can't supervise.
When I can supervise, I encourage her to be where I want her to be.

In the daytime, she's allowed to lie on our bed, which is covered with a
throw so that she can chill there - its a nice part of the house cos the sun
comes through the window and creates a little warm spot for her. I have no
reason to deny her this but I do object to my bedclothes being 'dug up' so
when I hear her do this, I go straight in there and stop her, then reward
her for laying out in the sunspot... if she's insistent, she gets booted out
and loses her privilege. Its quite easy and she's got the message.

There's a lovely piccie of my girl spread out across our bed on the what's
new page of her website:
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Diana