Re: [PyrNet-L] Doggie on the couch

[judith diamond <pyrenees@gwi.net>]

>
>
>      While I have not had to use this method myself, my parents claim to
>      have had pretty good luck with it.
>
>      In an attempt to reduce the amount of dog hair clinging to their
>      couch(s) they would cover them up with sheets.  When you know you will
>      be out of the room or out of the house for a while, set and
>      strategically place a couple of "snap" type mouse traps.

        Hi Gang,
    Personally I would never do this. If the sheets got moved around & traps
exposed or even if the sheets didn't do that, I could just see the possibility
of Jonah's penis getting caught, or Lexi & or Jonah's tails, noses, legs or
paws. I would not be able to take the traps chances of something going wrong,
especially, when I am not around.
    BUT, the *noisy fright factor* sound's like a great idea! Hummm! What could
be used safely?
    Bell's, heavy pots & pans? A tape recorder rigged to go off with sirens &
thunder sounds?
    What else?
    Yours in pyr spirit,
    Judith, Lex-Mother & Jonah

>  Then when
>      the dogs jumps on the couch the traps will snap.  The sound will
>      "discipline" the dog and since the traps are under the sheet they are
>      not harmed.  The traps are also covered so the dogs are never sure
>      whether they are in place or not.
>
>      Steve Slusser
>      Peoria, IL
>
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> Subject: [PyrNet-L] Doggie on the couch
> Author:  pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org
> Date:    7/26/99 1:38 PM
>
> Hey gang-
>
> Kane has taken to jumping up on the furniture when we leave (he never does
> it when we are home). We see him up there when we come home....he usually
> makes no effort to get down in a hurry....until he is dragged down and
> scruffed for being a "bad dog".
>
> Does anyone have any tricks to keeping dogs off furniture? Since he doesn't
> do it when we are here and we only catch him every once in a while, we
> can't really let him know not to do it, although I'm pretty sure he knows
> that already....so  what I guess I mean is that we hardly ever catch him so
> it's hard to enforce the "no dog on couch" rule.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
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