Anyone who has had pets will testify to how hard it is sometimes to ensure they don’t jump all over your furniture. Like it or not, pets seem to have a fascination with jumping on your bed, lounging on your sofa and even exploring your wardrobe every now and then. Owners probably wouldn’t mind if they didn’t do any harm whilst on the furntiure, but this is often not the case. Instead they claw at your bedding, chew up your couch and get mud all over your lovely white wardrobes. There are methods for stopping this happening however, lets take a look at three of the most successful.
Training. First and foremost a pet that has been trained well will not misbehave and ruin your lovely living room and bedroom furniture. If you can train your pets early in their life then you stand the best chance, because as the saying goes, ‘you can’t teach and old dog new tricks’. If you can teach them that the furniture is not their plaything, but instead for their owners to use, that is great. But if you do chose to let your pets on the furniture, you should at least train them to listen to you when you tell them to get down.
Pet deterrents. If you forgot to train your pets when they were young and now they just wont pay attention to you, you might need more direct action. You can buy certain powders and sprays that cats, dogs and other animals simply detest. These tend to have quite citrusy smells that are pleasant to humans but are too much for animals with sensitive smell.
Discipline. This ties in with training, but even pets that have had no training at all with still respond to correct discipline. This doesn’t mean that you should hit your pets every time they jump on the chair or bedside cabinets, but instead be consistent with how you react when they do. Make sure you don’t let them get away with lying on the bed one day, only to chastise them the next.You should let them know your not happy by using short sharp noises and directing them out of the room, but make sure you praise them when they respond well to your requests.
