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Do you allow your GR on the couch?

  • Yes, with no limitations

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  • No, just no

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Do you allow your GR on the couch?

6K views 51 replies 45 participants last post by  Donatella 
#1 ·
I bought Bruno a awesome dog bed...even my girls love it :p. but I find myself wanting to have my buddy on the couch to pet and snuggle...so wondering....
 
#29 ·
Nope. It may be Roxxi's home, but I am not going to ask my guest to sit on a couch with the dog or dog hair. Hell, I own a dog, who gets in my bed and sits on my chair with me and I hate when people expect me to sit next to their dog, especially if I have on good clothes.
 
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#31 ·
Lol! Are you saying I can ban my husband from being on the couch too, Megora?? :D
I wish I'd known about this sooner!!

I don't let dogs on the couch. We used to a while back when we had a microfiber couch, but dogs make microfiber stink.
We have leather now. Better for cleaning, but how does leather and dog claws go together I wonder?
 
#35 ·
When we got new living room furniture, the deal was no dogs on it. That lasted a year. They total ignore the leather sofa in the den.

My brother gave us his "old" furniture for the living room at the lake. It was two years old and included a white Italian leather sofa. Two of the dogs are on it now.
 
#36 ·
We haven't been letting Harlem up on the couch. He has gotten big enough to get up on here, but for now, until he isn't so bity he has to stay off. It's where my kids go to get away from him when he's on a tirade lol. Maybe we will consider letting him sleep on one of the armchairs after we find a cover, they are beige and fabric, I can't even imagine trying to keep it clean of dirt with a 11 week old puppy!!!
 
#39 ·
I just had my 150 year old chesterfield sofa reupholstered and covered in red old looking velvet when I got my lab and GR puppies!!
I bought a red cotton/lycra stretchy cover for it and this goes in the machine 2 times per month. There is also a towel on the seat bit which is washed every two days. Like that everyone is happy. If I have guests I put on a clean towel!!
 
#44 ·
No. Ben is a big dog, and if he's on the couch or the bed there's no room for us, so he has never been allowed on the furniture. He tried the first few days after we got him, but soon learned it wasn't allowed. He has a bed in the living room, crate in the dining room, bed in the bedroom, and another in the basement -- and usually he sleeps on the tile floor in the kitchen or bathroom or at the top of the stairs so he can look out the window and keep an eye on the neighborhood.
 
#45 ·
Yes. Life is to short to worry about dog hair and such on furniture. If I have a dog, I have accepted that dog hair will be everywhere. Spending time with my dog means more to me then "keeping things nice".
 
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