Our dog was 10 and didn't get on furniture when we adopted an 8 year old from the pound 3 years ago. She evidently was used to being on furniture. They can sit with us in our leather recliners but nowhere else. Whenever we came back home there was a warm spot on the sofa right next to a pillow. We bought a little dog bed and put a blanket in it and put it in an inconspicuous spot to encourage her to lay there. She's rat terrier/jack russell with very little hair on her tummy and loves to burrow under the blanket. It cured her of getting on the sofa. She spends a lot of time in that little bed even though they both have beds in my sewing room. Sharonve