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Sitting on the couch/bed! :) Do you let your yorkies sit/sleep on your couch/bed? Can they jump down by themselves? I am always afraid that they will hurt their little legs. My vet just told me that at no time should my dogs be on my lap, couch or the bed.........they always need to be on the floor so that they know that they are below you and not above you in the pack. That is how the remember that they do not lead the pack but that we do. I was somewhat surprised by this. I got a yorkie because I wanted a LAP dog. Has anyone else been told this or heard this before?:confused: |
Yeah, I heard that. And that's what a vet or a trained will tell you. But I don't care, my baby sleeps with me. And he know I'm mom, and he is obedient. I don't have to put him on the floor or take the food away from him to let him know i'm the boss, there are other ways. |
My baby is spoiled but not that spoiled he goes on the sofa when ever he wants but if i say down he get's down. So while i am watching tv yes he is right beside me he also sometimes sleeps with me not often though but i do put him on the bed sometimes so he can watch tv with me. So Yes i am Guilty as charged for letting him on the sofa and bed with me :D |
My boys can get on the couch without problem, but I keep a trunk at the foot of my bed for them to use to get up and down. I've tried a couple times to remove it. My yorkie does ok, but my shih-poo isn't quite as athletic. I keep it there because they also use it to get down and I think that helps with the impact their little legs take from jumping down. |
Yes, I allow my 2 on the couch and bed. Hoku can jump off and one the couch on her own, Kalani knows he's too little and will wait for me to lift him. Neither can get off the bed and they know it. As for what the vet said - Poo, I allow my BF on the couch and bed and he still knows who's boss - LOL! |
Ozzie sits pretty much wherever he wants. If I repeatedly snap my fingers, he will go sit down on either the couch or loveseat. (To this day, I still don't know how he picked this one up. He's been doing it since puppydom.) We do have battles occasionally about WHERE he sits (he tends to hog space whether it's the couch or bed) but unless he's sick or something, I always win. He does NOT jump off the bed (hardwoods in bedroom) and with new laminate going into the livingroom as we speak, I've made sure that the area rug will be by the couch and loveseat. He has been OK with this so far. |
Horatio is a good jumper and is up and down on the couch whenver he wants. I leave it up to him. He sleeps in the bed with me too...I wouldn't want it any other way. I've never heard of the pack thing before. It doesn't matter. He knows who's boss...He is. :rolleyes: |
I let Ralfie on the bed and the sofa (he sleeps with me every night, I confess! :eek: ) but I have to pick him up and down- he can't jump. He's still little though (not yet seven months) and has short little legs. :) I'm thinking about getting doggy stairs for during the day, but I'll take them away at night because I don't trust what he would do to my room while I'm sleeping. :rolleyes: |
Tatum definitely sleeps with us every night - usually spooning with one of us. She CAN jump up on the bed (although it's pretty high) but usually sits on the floor and beeps at us (that's what I call the little pseudo-bark she does) to put her up. She jumps down just fine too. As for the couch and the fact that they should be "below" you, I had to laugh because she is always high above me on the couch. It's a leather couch and the cushions are attached which makes a little "valley" up at the top. That's her perch. She can see outside from up there. Also a little scary.... she likes to jump up on the top of the recliner and lay up there to see outside. I really wonder sometimes why she hasn't fallen but it's like she's a cat or something. |
all of our dogs (all 3 of them LOL) have full access to everything in the house. Maggie has learned to jump up and down from the couch but the bed is a different story. she gets assistance there as I am afraid of her getting hurt. |
can't stop them! My boys jump off and on the bed and the couch ALL the time and I couldnt stop them from doing this so I gave up. I have rugs in the bedroom! I don't know how they learned to jump on the bed, well how my little 5lb boy did but he does it! My bigger guy jumps off the back of the couch onto the tile or hardwood floors! I've tried numberous times to direct him to jump off the front of the couch at least wher its only like a foot jump, but he won't! I am nervous of his knees though! My little guy only jumps off the front of the couch! They both sleep in bed with me at night under the covers usually curled up right against me! and they sleep at the top of the couch where 'the valley' is (as someone else put it) above my head at night while watching tv... or in my lap! They are TOTALLY the boss of me, but I don't care... HAHA! When they are content & happy so am I! :D |
Mine can jump on the couch but the beds are too high for them. Anyway since I don't have large or bully breed dogs, I think someone is talking out their ----- to think we should not let them on the sofas, beds, laps, or anyplace else they want to be. They are after all part of the family, and I sure wouldn' treat any of my kids like that. Why do they say they are part of our family, but treat them as thought they are not. Kind of contradictory idsn't it!!!! :rolleyes: I get as much enjoyment out of having my babies cuddle with me on the sofa and in bed at night, as they do. I want someone to tell me where the harm is. |
I still havent gotten my puppy yet but she will be allowed on the bed and sofas.. She'll need help getting down even when she is full grown but I don't think that her being below me is a good way to show that she isnt the dominant one. |
Phewy on that vet! :angry: My doggies have access to my couch and my bed ... Monday can do the jump off and on by herself (with the help of a box at the end of the bed to get up), Friday is still too little so I am her elevator ... Once they learned not to pee or poop on the 'furniture' they were allowed freedom ... Monday sleeps on the bed, Friday sleeps in her own bed b/c she cannot get off my bed by herself to go use the piddle pad. :note:"Leader of the Pack" :note2:Harumph, that was an old song!:shade: |
My pups are allowed on the couches and bed, but there are parts of the house that they aren't allowed. Course the formal dining room and formal sitting/living room are shut off by baby gates, but we don't 'live' in those rooms. They are only opened up during holidays and when we have company. And honestly when they are open, they are open to everyone (dogs included); I just don't want any pups or kids playing in those rooms unsupervised. It's funny, on Thanksgiving, Rhapsody makes a point of going in there and stretching out on the back of the couch like a cat. It's almost as though she thinks we cleaned and took down the baby gates just for her, lol. And yes, she'll stay there all day until it gets closed off again. I wouldn't even consider not allowing them to be part of the family. When my husband and I first got together; he was very strict with his pets -- they weren't allowed on furniture or beds. Now he doesn't even think about it, lol, he says I ruin all his training attempts, so why bother. Oh well, they are housetrained, and they don't tear things up. That's really all I care about. :) :) |
I'm going to borrow Monday's "Phewey". My vet lets his 3 dogs sleep with him. When I was 10 yrs old our St Bernard slept in bed with me starting when we got him at 8 wks old. (The only time he didn't sleep with us was when he had distemper and my mom slept with him in his condo outside.) Our 3 sleep in bed with us, and they are on the couch and chairs. I put 8 wk old puppies in bed with us. They wake me up to go potty or to eat. Never have had a problem with one soiling the bed. I put a footstool or ottoman next to the couch or bed to help them get up & down. |
Mine sleep with me and sit on the couch/chair with me. I have pup stairs going up to the bed and the couch. They use them all the time. ;) |
I do allow my Yorkie to sleep with me cuz he is a great cuddler and I love it. My biewer sleeps now next to my bed on his bed. My only problem with my dog in bed is my husband who is a sound sleeper and has already accidentially pushed Cooper off the bed when he (hubby) turned over at night. :( Kathy |
Jake can get up on the couch or bed, and I hold him all the time and he also sleeps with me. He loves to cuddle, so I just let him cuddle when he wants. He still listens really well and is a good little guy. He has never, ever chewed any of our furniture, shoes, etc. He just plays with his toys, and I always make sure he has plenty of chewies. He has always been very well behaved. |
:aimeeyork The best part of having a Yorkie is that they do not shed and don't smell like a bigger dog. So why not have them on the furniture and sleep with them? I don't want to have mine on the floor all the time. We put a foot stool at one side of the bed so that she can get on and off easier. She sometimes misses when she jumps on the couch and then gets embarrassed. I love having her close, and it was my husband who decided that she needed to sleep with us.;) |
4 Attachment(s) Mine are on the couch and in the bed ! :D They know who's boss, because if they are naughty or acting like they own the joint, I put them down off the couch and bed whenever I feel like it. Nobody can sit on our leather couch until they remove the dog beds, lol, and they love the bed, but it's higher, and Tara and Tammy need lifted up and down due to their short legs, whereas Casper has long legs and is like Zebedeee ! :rolleyes: They are all 4lbs in weight, and small ! :) :animal-pa Debra, Scotland 1. Tara 2. Tammy 3. Casper 4. Debra and babies ! |
Oliver is allowed wherever he wants to go. Very spoiled. He goes on the couches and sleeps wherever he wants to while someone is home. When everyone is gone we have to put him in his kennel because otherwise he will find any cords reachable and will chew on them. But when he actually goes to bed for the night he sleeps in a playpen. But the breeder told us to keep him off of tall couches and beds until he grew up a little bit because when he was small his legs were tiny and jumping off furniture may hurt them. |
My dogs have free run of the house and all the furniture, including the beds. They usually sleep with us, but sometimes sleep in our son's room. They never had an accident in bed or on any furniture, and never chewed anything that wasn't theirs. They are big boys (9 and 12 lbs), so jumping on and off furniture is no problem. We don't allow them to jump off the bed and they obey that. They are good little boys. :aimeeyork |
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