Recliner warning
 

After a long day out in the heat I was pooped when I got home. Had supper and sat down to rest with Wolfie for a nice evening in front of the tv. Our loveseat has a recliner on each end. I was sitting with my feet up and slightly back when Wolfie jumped down. He ran around behind the chair and into the back thru the lil gap. Something he has NEVER done. I sat up but didn't put the foot rest down when he screamed. My heart was in my throat when I jumped up and looked under. His lil head was stuck in a tiny area and if I had closed the foot rest...well we know what would have happened. I screamed for my husband and he ran in and grabbed the flashlight. To make a long story short... I had to cover his head and neck with Dawn, say a prayer and had to lift his body put his head down & force his neck thru a small one inch gap. I was afraid I would kill him but had to do something. After 15 minutes stuck in the chair as soon as I got him free he started running around like a wild child, as if nothing happened. He was never without oxygen, just stuck. I am so very thankful he is fine. I cried like a baby as I washed out all of the Dawn.

Please do not have your recliners opened out when your lil ones are out running around. In just a split second I thought his life was over and ours changed forever.

The picture is from my phone, took it not 5 minutes before he jumped down.

Oh my GOD! If it can cause a comotion...those little buggers will be into it!

Another reminder of what these little ones can get in to. So glad Wolfie is ok.

Thank god everything is ok. I also have a love seat recliner would never even thought that could happen. I do always make sure before I put the foot rest down that no one is under it. Tell me what size is your dog? Maybe my guys are to big for that to happen. But my girl does have a small face, I better watch her.

OMG! My heart rate went up reading this... quick thinking with the soap... unbelievable what these little ones can do... glad all is well! He's so cute!

Wolfie is almost 20 weeks and I weighed him this morning. 3lbs on the nose.
And I thought raising kids was hard!! Yowsa : )

All those apparently not wasted hours watching "Rescue 911" and Animal Planet! I don't know what I would have done had I been home alone. I could not have held the chair up and gotten him out by myself.

They are like having a baby that never grows up. Always getting into trouble:eek: But mine are bigger then 3 lbs. a lot bigger.

oh my god I hate recliners. last year ago my mothers pug was playing with Gatsby and my dad had he foot rest up Gatsby who at the time weighed about 4 pounds run under the recliner and right out the other end Suzie (my moms pug) was at the time 14 pounds and she got under the chair but then she seemed to have gotten stuck she started to scream and my dad put the foot down on the chair to see what was wrong with her and she screamed louder then we realized that she was stuck under the chair my dad lifted it and she run right out
it was then we realized that her eye had been dislocated (it had popped out) she had to have her eye removed and it took months for her to recover she still is not the same

a few other things to watch out for
the gauzy covering on the bottom of furniture and box springs-it can get torn and when you baby is playing it can wrapped around there neck.-i remove it when i get the piece of furniture,but you could also just watch carefully and remove if it becomes damaged or repair the lineing.
computer and entertainment stand cords-can either be a strangulation hazard or if you have a chewer they can electrocute your baby-i put all cords in fish tube to avoid chewing and then zip tie them together so they are not a strangulation hazard

recliners are not safe for small dogs
 

My neighbor had that happen to her dog two years ago. the foot was put down when he was under it. He sreamed bloody murder. We took him to the vet and he said he was ok. Next day Amy come running over crying that Joey being nasty and biteing. The only way we could pick him up was to throw a towel over him.By the time we got back to the vets he was frothing at the mouth and throwing up and still trying to bite. They did xrays and said his skull was mashed into his brain at three different spots well to make a long story short Joey had to be put down.I do not use my recliner any more ,my four fur kids use it with them being small they can"t get it down. They lay on it all the time.
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So glad Wolfie is okay.

Having had cats for many years, it's a known thing in our house as cats are notorius for climbing up into recliners.

Oh, I'm so glad he is okay. I've had a pillow shoved in the back of my recliner for about a year and a half. I know it looks dorky, but I didn't want my little ones to get under there either. My problem is the front now. I don't recline it, but my husband does a little. We just make sure we have a headcount before he closes it.

SO glad you posted this because all my chairs in my living room are recliners. Im about to tape those bad boys up with GOOD OLE DUCK TAPE!:D


SO glad that Wolfie is doing fine!

I'll never buy a recliner now thanks

Oh my, how scary!!! So glad he is ok!!

We have recliners, Mya used to go under them but she is too big now (thank goodness). I always do a headcount before closing them too, it's so easy for one of them to run under and me not know it!!! They are definitely dangerous, especially to those with smaller yorkies.. makes me glad mine are both now too big to crawl in, they can only go under.

Ditto. My parents have recliners, and I've never thought of Harley getting stuck that way. I'll make sure they are not reclined when Harley is there. Sooo scarey,

I checked on him numerous times overnight and he still seems fine this morning. I feel so fortunate.

Wow, I'm glad everything turned out okay.:)

My in-laws have recliners built into their sofa, I ALWAYS get freaked when we go there and Dad reclines, that is the first place Dudley runs to:eek:, checking for crumbs of any kind:rolleyes:.
I'm always on my toes when we are there with him and so are my in laws;)

OMG! I was scared to read the entire post but thank goodness he is ok! You must have been scared to death!

So glad your baby is ok - and what great thinking on your part with the Dawn!!

Both of these are absolutely heartbreaking stories.:(

Oh my goodness!! Glad to hear he is okay.. thanks for the warning! I don't own a recliner and don't think I will because of this.

I also glad he is ok, love that face, hehe, travieso= like a trouble maker, so cute:p

We do the head count too. We have 2 recliners plus my couch reclines. Dudley was at one time pretty bad about getting under the front part of the chair. Like I said we just do head count before we get up. I think its like their own little cave or somewhere they can get private. I don't know what makes them want to get under there. Scary as heck. Something else to watch for too is if you have a storm door. My husband came in and unknowing closed Dudley between the storm door and wood door. Thats how tiny he was at the time. He started barking thank goodness because who would ever think of them getting there... Glad your baby is okay. I can imagine how upsetting that would have been.

I am so glad to hear he is o.k. I will never get a recliner for this reason.

Glad he is ok. I had a kitten get caught in a recliner once. Scared me to death. We talked about getting a recliner once. I sd we will always have dogs in the house so no recliners. I refuse to have them in the house.

MUsic city mom

WHy now is Brooklynn obsessed with entering the recliner couch from the back. She is so small that she goes behind the couch and now she can lift the velcro part and go totally in it. I have tried everything to stop her but she is doing it all the time. I dont have company over and i wont allow anyone to open them but i just want her to stop doing it. HELP ME PLEASE! ( she discover it a week ago when we turn on the vacuum cleaner and she was super scared)

Put a pillow underneath/shoved under/behind your recliner. If you can't do it to your couch/loveseat, block the puppy from getting back there. I shoved the small pillows from the couch between the wall and the couch and loveseat so the puppy couldn't get back behind them. It's not attractive, but it works!

Thanx baby yorkie im doing it tonight

Welcome!