K9soul, I totally understand where you are coming from on this one, though my husband don't like dogs at all, and I mean not even a little bit, and micki76, it only took eight years? Well I have been married for 33 years, and my hubby is still the same with my dogs, and even worse about my cats. He hates cats with a passion. And yes he is the announcer in the family if the house doesn't smell right. He came from a family that didn't have pets of any kind. I had a Doberman that thought she was supposed to sleep where she wanted to, I never could break her, I mean she knew she wasn't supposed to be on the furniture, but when we were not around, she would sneak and get on the furniture, and then hit the floor when she heard us coming. lol.
She died a few years back, and I have a Rottweiler now, and from the time she was a puppy, I didn't allow her on the furniture at all, and she does pretty good. She don't get on the furniture, of course she thinks she is a "lap puppy" and tries to sit in my lap.
But I am glad you are solving your problem. I have been working on my "problem" for 33 years, gee I might solve my problem in another 33 years. Who knows, it could happen!