Personally, I would begin to teach the dog to keep off the sofa. If you feel that you would still like your dog to stay on the sofa, then a good way to stop them from scratching is to use a small water bottle and everytime sratching occurs, use a small squirt on the dog's back to give them a shock. If even this doesn't work, the best thing to do is to pull them off the sofa! Hope this info helped!
YES! Their claws, a natural defense, WILL SCRATCH SOFT SURFACES.
Not if it is your couch and your dog. If your animal damages a neighbor's property, he may have a claim against your homeowner's liability insurance, or vice versa if it is your property and another person's dog.
Because the dog has urinated on the couch. Either the dog is untrained or nobody has taken it outside and the couch was the first place the dog had to relieve itself.
Your cat scratches like a dog! Probably they just want to.
Our dog was sleeping on the couch when he began having a seizure, he fell off the couch into a patio door and broke his neck during the seizure and died. You have to protect a pet having a seizure from hurting its self.
If your dog is still peeing on the couch, then you have not trained him/her well enough yet.
This answer is from a professional regarding leather couches: I would suggest purchasing a deodorizer which uses enzymes to destroy smells caused by body odor and other materials. It does this by consuming the matter which causes the smell. This will give your furniture and upholstery a pleasant scent.More Suggestions:I would try Fabreeze. I use it on my cloth couch, carpets, dog bed, clothes closets and rooms. Works like magic.You should take a damp cloth with liquid Zero laundry detergent to wipe down the leather, and then use a soft large towel to dry off every week (especially in the hot weather when people have sun lotion on, are in shorts, etc. because body oils will penetrate the leather).Always test what you are spraying onto your couch by putting a little on at the back of the couch near the floor! Apply it to a very small area to be sure it doesn't damage the leather!
Because you eat on the couch and drop things.
its not trained
Well a musher (driver of dog sled) scratches like in The Iditarod he/she drops out.
Leather living room furniture is a lot easier to take care of than other fabrics. When you have a baby it is easier to clean the spit up up and if your dog wants to lay on the couch you can just swipe the hair off.
The ear flaps are called 'leather'.