Independent Lab-oratory

Posted By: aww geez on 2007-11-21
In Reply to: Need help with a dog that will NOT stay off furniture (sm) - elle

I second the Scat Mats. I never had to use them as my dogs allow me on the furniture!!!

How about meeting him halfway.....put a sheet on the couch and take it off when your son comes to visit.

Or, I wonder if this would help.....put a large cookie sheet on each cushion and place smaller metal pans on each cookie sheet. Make sure the cookie sheets are placed slightly toward the edge of the cushion. When your Lab gets up on the couch, he'll knock over the cookie sheet contraption and the noise might startle him. (But, if he is like my golden, he'll just keep on truckin' and do what he wants to do. )

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Need help with a dog that will NOT stay off furniture (sm) - elle
- reminds me of my dog when growing up - ha
- Independent Lab-oratory - aww geez
- I have used these ideas for my cats - see inside - catlady
- I have 3 Great Danes .... sm - mmk
- How about crate training? - piglet
  - This is best suggestion yet. Dog is just going to - sleep,might as well be in crate (his den.) nm
    - It's by far better than yelling at them all day! - piglet
- For cats I have used contact paper sticky side up. (sm) - SM
  - That sounds like fun to watch! LOL NM - deb
- There must be some sort of natural - tinkerbell
  - You ever deal with Lab couch pup?Mine would hold - breath and still lay on couch. Or switch to lounge
  - link to dog repellents - tinkerbell
- Newspapers - anon
  - Think it would take more than paper to deter a - dedicated doggy couch potato. nm
    - I know, but - anon
- Here's what I would do - academia
  - Doubt OP has 24/7 wattch dog. He knows furniture - is no-no. Need way to repel him when OP not there.
- You can buy mild shock pads to place on furniture. - Kinda like an antibark collar but for their butts.
  - One brand is Scat Mat. (sm) - Z
    - Thanks so much for all your suggestions! Hate it when the dog is smarter than me!! - elle
      - Ha! Most of us have felt that way before, (sm) - Z

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I work as an independent but has nothing
to do with that. I hope people will understand when I say this and it is not for bragging but I have had money beyond my wildest dreams given to me. I got over $100,000 from a place where I used to work for ??? Several years after I had been outsourced got the money, just from heaven! I have just sold some property that belonged to a relative that I came into as inheritance and I have had really big money come from my father. I have squirreled away some, giving my husband the same amount that I am paying in my own bills and am paying off most of the amount left on my home where I live (he pays this bill but just want to pay it down some.)My daughter told me just the other night she hopes to have the good luck I have had but I had said this before and will say again- I give to different charities, I gave a lot and also volunteered during Katrina, I give to animals that need help, I give from my heart and it comes back. I have gave like this since I was a child, so my mother told me so nothing new for me. No matter how much I have or have had though I just could not give up my job and hope to work as long as I can.

anyone have a very independent, hard-headed kid??? sm
i have a 5 y/o that has been very independent since he was a baby. anytime i try to show him something or help him with his homework (yes, he gets homework once a week from school), he doesn't like that. if he's trying to sound out a word and i say "no, try again", he gets so mad and throws a fit, bang his head on the floor or wall, whichever is close enough. i try to calmly tell him he doesn't need to get so upset about little things like that. for instance, he's in the bathtub right now. he has this little rubber fish i was showing him something with it. he got mad and started banging his head in the tub then splashing water all over my bathroom. i'm so tired of his bad temper!!! i don't know what to do any more. i try to be calm, he's gotten spankings, i've taken things away from him. i just don't know what to do any more. he has a dad that is in his life, we all live under the same roof. hubby works midnights, so i'm the one around the kids most of the time. i just feel alone and not sure what else to do. anyone else with these kinds of kids and what did you do?

MY DAUGHTER is a strong, independent professional

So do my sons.

I didn't raise them as helpless, mindless animals. I taught them to be strong. I taught them how to take care of themselves.

You probably would let you kid take your money and stomp all over you. You deserve whatever you got coming there. Better keep your checkbook handy.