Keeping Your Pets Off The Furniture

Anyone who has had pets will testify to how hard it is sometimes to ensure they don’t jump all over your furniture. For some reason, pets love to lie on your beds, sit on your couch and even hide in your wardrobes. It would be fine if they just sat nicely and were clean, but as we know this is often not true of pets. Instead they claw at your bedding, chew up your couch and get mud all over your lovely white wardrobes. There are ways to prevent this happening though; here are 3 of the best.

Training. It is only by making sure your pets are trained well that you will ensure they keep off your expensive living room and bedroom-furniture. Training your pets from a young age is the best way as they tend to become more and more stubborn as they get older. You should instill the idea in your pets that furniture is for the use of people and not them. But at the very least they should know which places they are not allowed and to listen to your commands to get off anything they shouldnt be on.

Pet repellents. If training your pets was never on the agenda and now they respect you as much as their fleas do, you’ll need to tackle the problem head on. You can buy certain powders and sprays that cats, dogs and other animals simply detest. These products often smell quite citrusy, which is one of the worst possible smells for pets as their noses are too sensitive for it.

Discipline. If you have trained your pet then they will respond better to discipline, but any animal will learn if you go about it the right way. This doesnt 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. There is nothing more confusing to an animal than being told off for something one day and allowed to do it the next without being told off. Use loud short noises to tell them no, and praise them when they dont jump up.