Q&A for How to Keep a Dog Off the Couch

They could be preparing to lay down, for entertainment, or to bury something they think of as valuable in the couch.

The best way is to stay diligent and not keep things on the counter your dog could grab. Set them up for success. Next you can spray your dog in the face with some water whenever they attempt to sneak onto the counter.

This can be challenging and frustrating. You should start by isolating the source of what your dog is barking at. You can then work to treat it by removing the source, redirecting your dog or having your dog associate barking with something unpleasant like a spray of water to the face.

You can do this a couple of ways: two easy ways are to knee the dog in the chest when it tries to jump up or to keep the dog leashed and step on a short part of the leash so that when the dog jumps up it finds it cannot because its tethered to the ground.