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My wife wants to buy a leather sofa but I feel like it might not be a good idea because of out dog.

My wife wants to buy a leather sofa but I feel like it might not be a good idea because of out dog.

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[–] • 7 pts

There is different types of leather. Some is supple and soft while others is tough and hard. Their claws are pretty tough. A dog that size will likely damage all leather but it will destroy the soft/supple kind. If you're buying leather on the other end of the spectrum, it's more like laying on plastic than anything else. As such, I don't see the point.

Of course, an option is to keep your animals off the furniture or to only sit on you or a blanket. We've trained dogs and cats to do this. But 60lbs is a huge lap dog. I'd recommend keeping the animals off the furniture and counters. If for no other reason, no one wants to smell them or get their hair all over them simply by being your guest.

[–] • 3 pts

I'd never let an animal on a countertop but my dog gets to chill on the sofa with me. I love having him by my side.

[–] • 3 pts

Yep. Especially if the guests are allergic, getting the dog's hair on them could hurt them. I've heard too many times from people I was friends with, "The dog is allowed on the furniture, he's family. You're a guest, not family. If you don't like him you can leave." They don't bother to clean the furniture up enough to be tolerable, on top of expecting me to sit next to them. Please note the wording "people I WAS friends with," no one wants to hang out with someone who treats animals better than humans. I'm not gonna suffer with an allergy rash cuz my health is worth less to my friend than the comfort of their dog. If someone has a dog I'm allergic to and they let it on all their furniture I simply can't go to their house. It's rude to expect guests to sit in dog hair/stink whether they're allergic or not. And OP, if your dog happens to stink you'll become nose blind to it but your couch will reek. I noticed how bad of a problem this is after I moved out, away from my parents' dogs. The smell will get on your clothes, on your guests' clothes. If you vacuum the hair off the smell will still be there. IMO you should just keep them off the couch. Or get a couch cover like that guy said. Maybe get a second smaller couch if there's room, but don't allow them on your main couch.

[–] • 4 pts

You have the responsibility to being informed about dangers before going into someone's home, not the other way around. If you need a hyperbolic station to exist in, 1st slap your parents for not exposing you to enough dirt/slime/grime as a kid. 2nd learn how to host, because that's the only acceptable scenario to being in a group for people with "allergies that can kill them".

You think I'm gonna lock down my house and other guests because of your weakness ? fuck that ...and you for askin'

[–] • 1 pt

What are you talking about? I went outside as a kid plenty. I had horses, cats, dogs. I’m still allergic to some types of dogs and cats. It’s not a deadly allergy but if someone doesn’t clean their furniture good enough, which most don’t (they think their couches are dog beds and don’t enforce boundaries with their animals). I’ll end up with a rash. It’s nice you assume I’m so weak I’d die from animal fur and it’s my parents’ fault lol. Since we’re making assumptions, I will assume your house smells like dog butt with the way you responded to my comment.

[–] • 1 pt

no one wants to hang out with someone who treats animals better than humans.

Hahahaha you got cucked by dogs.

[–] • 0 pt

I've heard too many times from people I was friends with, "The dog is allowed on the furniture, he's family. You're a guest, not family. If you don't like him you can leave."

Frankly, you are better off without people like that as friends. I love dogs, but you don't love dogs that much without hating humans.

[–] • 4 pts

Letting a dog in your house is your first mistake.

[–] • 4 pts

Found the muslim

[–] • 2 pts

Found the faggot carrying dog shit in their hand twice a day.

[–] • 0 pt

What? Dogs can stay in the house all day and not shit/piss. We used to bring our dogs in at night and let them out all day. Now we keep them out all night and bring them in during the hottest part of the day. I never have to carry shit. The dogs manage it themselves.

[–] • 2 pts

You are missing out on one of life's greatest joys.

[–] • 2 pts

A dog? A dirty animal eating cat shit any chance it gets, then throwing it up in the living room for you to clean up. The best part, while you are doing that, it's destroying something else of yours. Not properly trained you say? Get a family and raise a child. Everyone who has animals lives like a nigger. Fuck that.

[–] • 0 pt

Dogs make a good companion for a child. If you get a good breed or a mix of good breeds and train it well your child is actually more safe if you ever do accidentally leave them unattended with the dog. Smart dogs have good instincts about traffic, water, strangers, snakes, boars, and children.

[–] • 0 pt

Such a cliche response. Stay angry man.

[–] • 3 pts

If you Dremel the nails no they have no sharpness or excessive length, and it isn't soft leather, and your dog isn't a spaz running around the house, sure.

I would probably keep a throw blanket over the cushions when you aren't using it.

[–] • 2 pts

Second this. Definitely get a blanket for the side pup likes to lay on. There are dog blankets that are furry (also looks cool on leather depending on color) and your dog will want to lounge on that instead of the leather.

[–] • 3 pts

No. I have two 60+ pound dogs and 3 leather sofas and they are welcome on any of them. You will want to keep their nails clipped and smooth (filed), however. Leather, over time, develops a nice patina so even if they scratch it, I don't really mind the marks it may leave. Keeping it well conditioned will help. My cat, on the other hand.....

[–] • 2 pts

Get that hard cowleather type

[–] • 2 pts (edited )

I have 70 pound dog, keep the nails short, train them to be gentle on the furniture, and you will be fine. Leather is easier to clean, and if it is well made, the patina will cause it to get better with time, imho. “I'm suspicious of people who don't like dogs, but I trust a dog when it doesn't like a person.” ― Bill Murray

[–] • 2 pts (edited )

The fact is, a legitimate leather couch will run you in the neighborhood of $7000 and up. My wife and I spent a good amount of time figuring out how seating purchased 30-40 years ago differed from today; why my parent's shit just lasted - even with us beating the hell out of it as kids. The TL:DR is that Ikea fucked us all. They lowered the bar, year after year after year and the Clinton's WTO and NATO treaties ensured that the import market drove quality down to match, initially offering rock bottom pricing - but over time, inflating to match market expectations.

Fuck foam, fuck fabric straps - they rot and tear with 100% certainty. Fuck PU or manufactured leather, it breeds bacteria and it excretes residual chemicals over time that your skin absorbs. In fact, fuck 'full grain' leather that's only a mm or two thick, made from some tortured and sick Indian cow, or worse, one slaughtered in East Asia. Real couches, like were literally everywhere in the 80's and early 90's were wood. They had natural fill cushions. The had eight way tied spring suspensions. They aren't hyper-luxury surfaces either - they're REAL seating surfaces that if purchased, will last decades.

Everything and anything that falls short of this most basic mark is disposable shit. I promise you that if you can save your way into this furniture, you will know how the frame was constructed and of what. You will know how thick the leather is, and how to care for it to last indefinitely. You will not need to ask the internet, because the manufacturer himself will take your pet requirements into account when discussing your order.

I don't know why, but there are a shit ton of manufacturers in North Carolina and they ship nationally. I'm not vouching for this brand, but they are one such example... And fuck places like Restoration Hardware; they talk big but they're essentially Ikea++.

https://cococohome.com/

I promise anon, this is how bad inflation REALLY is but those of us who are intending on riding out this next fifteen plus years of slow burn economic hell... This is a shit sandwich we are going to have to eat, and as soon as possible.

Praise KEK.

[–] • 1 pt

If you're worried enough to ask this question, you don't deserve a dog.

Had 2 Great Danes for 30 years (3 pairs)...awesome beasts . They each had their own sofa in the family /living room. They were trained that their sofas were theirs and they didn't come up on the "humans" furniture.

If you don't have the space for multiple sofas then get the leather and deal with cuts/gashes and learn that it's just things. get a used one if you're worried about costs. If she starts bitching about the dogs "ruining" the furniture teach her how to sit on the floor.

[–] • 0 pt

Really dude. You Infer from one simple and innocent question like this that I am a bad dog owner or don't deserve a dog? Well in return I Infer that you are a bit of a cunt.

[–] • 1 pt

Be the alpha and don't let your dog on the couch

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