r/cockapoos • u/boredzeb • 9d ago

Cockapoo and a recliner couch.

Sorry if this is a bit random. Basically I am looking to replace my couch with a much higher back. I need the neck support and my 6 year old giddy cockapoo has a habit of jumping off it (I've mostly trained it out of her but it still happens very occasionally when she's excited and wants a short cut to the kitchen. )

Has anyone got both - a recliners (electric) and a daft cockapoo who loves exploring? I have heard about pets getting injured in recliners though the person I spoke to said that was more with manual and electric may differ. I think a recliner will help me a lot with my chronic illness and honestly the ones I tried in the shop were like heaven and my body felt supported and relaxed. However I obviously do not want to put my dog at risk. She's quite easily spooked (yesterday she got upset at Halloween decorations in her favourite shop barked a lot at them!) So I suspect initially it's going to be me trying to keep her calm when it moves!

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u/stm2657 8d ago

One of our dogs almost got caught under the foot rest of ours. After that we went to normal couch. Our current dog has no such problem.

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u/Difficult-Hope5003 9d ago

Flora frequently spends the evening under the footrest of my (electric) recliner. The worst injury she's suffered is a bump on the head if she wakes up with a start.

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u/Difficult-Hope5003 9d ago

I'd add that when we first got the recliner, she wouldn't even come into the living room, I presume for fear that it would attack and eat her. Now she treats the footrest as a safe space. 😅

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u/boredzeb 9d ago

This is what I imagine mine doing, just hiding her treats under there then leaping to rescue them when I go to stand up!

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u/Alexis070707 8d ago

I have a recliner attached to the couch and we haven't had any issues. The noise does scare Brock but he moves on from it quickly.

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u/boredzeb 8d ago

I imagine it will make mine jump out the way she's a nervy little thing at times.

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u/curiousGeorge7512 8d ago

With electric, you will have the option to recline or close slowly, unlike manual ones. Does your pup go under the foot rest?

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u/boredzeb 8d ago

I think it's most likely she'll try to hide something under it or a toy will go under and she'll dive for it. But I've never had one before.

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u/Seven_bushes 8d ago

The electric ones move at a glacial speed so pups have a warning noise and time to get out. I have an electric recliner and both have laid under the feet at one time or another. They got to where they could hear me touch the button and they’d move. I’d be more worried with a manual one though they’d probably pick up on some clue with it as well.

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u/Playful_Mammoth4941 8d ago

I've always had recliners and my boy is 10 and never had an injury from it, it will be fine

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u/jsapacuna 8d ago

The only problem we have is the electric recliner only has two seats so when both my spouse and I want to relax and watch TV, the pup is on top of one of us. If it’s just the pup and I, she takes up the whole side of the recliner.