Train Old Dog To Stay Off Furniture

First teach your dog to avoid the couch in general.

Train old dog to stay off furniture.

Say off and make a sweeping hand gesture as your dog moves from the couch. Provide your pooch somewhere nice that is not the couch. The off method 1. This method requires catching your dog in the act.

Use the word off to indicate where. Take a small treat and throw it on the ground a few feet away from the couch where your dog is resting. So you busted your dog on the couch oblivious and dreaming. The moment your dog hops up on the furniture go over to her with a treat or a toy in hand.

Training your dog to get off the couch. Train a dog to stay off the couch unless invited train as if the couch is always off limits. The off command tells your puppy that you want his paws on the floor not on the furniture. Some people use the command down for this while others differentiate between the commands down and off using off for when their puppy jumps up on furniture or people and down for when they want their puppy to lie down on the floor.

It s time to teach him the off cue a dog friendly way to get your dog to move from the furniture. Be consistent with your. Let her into the room that she usually finds furniture to lay on. Block access to the furniture when you re not home.

Do not give it to her. Once your dog has learned that the couch is off limits you can teach the up command.