Dog's on furniture
We just installed two ultra-leather couches in our coach. Anyone have any ideas how to keep our dog off of them when we are not around? Thanks!!
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The issue is that most experts believe that dogs don't generalize. They're very specific in their thought process, and they aren't usually capable of making the logical leaps in thinking that people are and that we expect of other people. A dog understands he's not supposed to get on the furniture in the presence of his human(s). He doesn't necessarily extend that thought to "I'm never supposed to get on the furniture." Extending the thought requires a much higher level of thinking.
Not to derail by bringing up another issue, but that's exactly why so many people sincerely believe their dogs don't bark when they're gone. They've trained the dog well to not bark in their presence, so (thinking as people do) they assume the dog knows not to bark when they're gone. But to the dog's way of thinking those are two totally different things.
Not to derail by bringing up another issue, but that's exactly why so many people sincerely believe their dogs don't bark when they're gone. They've trained the dog well to not bark in their presence, so (thinking as people do) they assume the dog knows not to bark when they're gone. But to the dog's way of thinking those are two totally different things.
