Dogs on furniture

[Skipdogwalker]

We don’t allow our 2 dogs (Sierra 9 yr old female Great Dane/boxer, Sur 3 yr old male Mastif/pit) to sleep with us, however we have been letting them get up on our bed for a few minutes when we wake up. We also let them lay on the couch with us when we watch TV or read. My wife was eating a slice of pizza on the couch the other night and for the first time ever Sierra let out a brief low growl when Sur passed in front of her ( Sierra was up on the couch with my wife) Sierra’s normal resting place during the day has always been on the couch. My question is will I make it worse (adding stress) by changing the rules and constantly making her get off the couch. I’ve been doing the pushing and tug with both dogs for about 3 months. Sierra does well with the pushing but not so much with the tug. Sur does both well. Also we are moving to a new house in 9 days and lots of our stuff is in boxes around the house. My other question is should I just wait to make the changes when we get to the new house? Thanks

[Margot]

I suspect that the move itself is causing the stress.