The bed was free so why not use it ? ? ? ?..............without permission of course...................
AND DO NOT DISTURB ME !!!! !!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
............your Rottweiler’s favorite seat in the house happens to
also be yours. Can you blame them? Why do we like to sit on the
furniture? Because it’s comfortable, right? Would you lay on the floor
given the opportunity to sit on your comfortable couch or easy chair?
No! What makes us think our dogs are going to feel any differently?
Then how, if our furniture is so comfortable and inviting, do we keep
our dog from jumping onto it whenever they feel like being comfy too?
How do you handle them jumping in our chairs when we catch them? Let’s
look at the facts and figure out how to keep them off the couch.
Your dog wants to lay on the couch because it’s cozy.
They also want to lay in your favorite chair because it smells like you.
It is a comfort to them to be laying where you sit. This does not make
it ok for them to do so.
You need to create a place for them to call their own. A place where
they can feel warm and cozy. There needs to be an area in your home or
in each of the rooms your dog has exposure to that is designated for
their comfort where they can feel safe. Your furniture is so inviting
because it’s comfortable, so make sure you have a blanket or a pillow
they can call their own to lay on and be happy and comfortable. Keeping a
blanket or pillow in each room your dog has access to can help prevent
the desire to get on the furniture.
.............would like you to look at yourself when you think that your dog’s
behavior shows dominance. As loving dog owners we often teach a dog to
behave in a certain way without even knowing it. We fuss them when they
jump up or fail to train them properly whilst on the leash.
If you have a Rottweiler that guards possessions or even a space on the
sofa then ask yourself, have you ever backed away from his guarding
behavior? If so then you have taught him that it works, that by behaving
this way he gets to keep the resource for longer. This type of guarding
is all too often described as the act of a dominant dog leaving the dog
completely misunderstood, when really the dog is only doing what he has
learned to, in his life so far.
You do not need to establish
dominance over your Rottweiler, you simply need to understand and
communicate with him in a language that he understands. Surprisingly the
usual rules for dominance training will actually cause confusion in
your dog’s mind, because he is not a captive wolf and neither are you.
If the behaviour of your dog is challenging then it is vitally important
that you understand exactly why he is doing it. By learning about
canine communication signals, calming signals and signs of stress or
anxiety you can get a really good idea of why your dog does what he
does.
