Seeking wisdom. We have three dogs (two goldendoodles and a poodle, all standards) and a problem started within the past 6 months. We got a new dining table and now whenever we leave the house, two of our dogs (one doodles and the poodle) will get up and stay on the table nearly the entire time. It’s not comfortable – we have couches they are welcome to chill out on – so we really don’t know why they decided to start doing this. I thought it was to get a better vantage point to see out of our front window for us coming home, but despite closing the blinds, they continue the behavior. It’s also not food related as we never leave food on the table and they have never been counter surfers. I have tried training them with a shock collar where we “leave” and go a couple of houses away and train them through a camera. Usually just a tone or vibrate is enough to get them off, but then they just jump right back up after a couple of minutes. I’m considering buying a scat-mat but that will be a huge hassle to set up and dismantle every time we leave and come back to the house. Any advice? Or ideas of why this could be?
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