Dog owners - is your dog...

[kitegirl]

allowed to veg out on the sofa with you watching telly?

my labrador is, doesn't bother me except when she snores so much that I have to turn the sound up

it drives dh nuts

as i type, dh is snoring on the sofa with the dog lying beside him

Only if it isn't my sofa

not at the moment - he is a puppy and we are trying to train him not to. There wouldn't be room for us on the sofa if he was there too!

Yes definitely, shes a two year old lab who thinks she's a lap dog and loves a cuddle!!

Yes, it's part of what dogs are for.

But mine is a tiny spaniel. My sister has 3 Border Collies who get wet muddy and smelly, and when they come into the house it's revolting, plus there is no room on the sofa for humans.

So it depends on what dog, how many and what their usual habitat is.

no

when she was younger she had her own sofa
Now she is only allowed in teh big leather chair

No but the minute we go up to bed, he jumps on the sofa.

Mine were allowed but we have just got new leather sofas so now they are not allowed which is soooo confusing for them

The 16 month old dog wits till we are not looking and then creeps up really quietly

They are learning though and the puppy hardly tries at all now. We sit on the floor a lot now though so they can have cuddles.

Yes my dog does sleep on the sofa next to me, i am on my own and she keeps me company she's my best friend and i love her to bits, she doesn't sit on it unless i can say she can. She's currently in her bed next to now. she has her operation on tuesday to get spade, gonna cry i know. i rescued her from a lady that was ill treating her. she's only small.

yes, on the back room sofas NOT on the one in the Living room (and he knows it...)

no

yes

Absolutely not.

yes all the time.

Yes - by default.

When we first got him home, the cat didn't take too kindly to him so we used to have to keep him out of harms way - on our knees.

Of course, when it's your first dog, you don't actually realise that in 7 years time, a 27 kilo staffordshire bull terrier will come bounding through the room and land on your knee for a short nap, or nuzzle your elbow out of the way so he can get comfy.

No.

He used to when we had our old sofa but we read that was one of the things that contributed to his seperation anxiety.

Plus I can't do with all the hairs and erm

"juice" he leaves behind IYKWIM

pmsl at juice nbg.

I can hear the screams of a thousand non dog owning Mumsnetters now!

God it makes me gip.
It's truly revolting.

So needless to say, he has his own little bed next to the radiator.