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I'd worry giving them a chewychew (this is a treat right?) just after you've said "no" is likely to confuse them as to what the "no" means. I.e., they just think - "awesome, when i jump on the sofa, he says something and gives me a treat, let's keep doing that then!".
Personally, I'd just go for the relentlessly boring approach of "no" and remove them from the sofa. Over and over and over again until they give up trying. Worked with our dog when we didn't want him to sleep on the bed. And by 'worked' I mean we had three sleepless nights removing him every two minutes until he got it.
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build the cat a wall loft type sanctuary where it can look down on everyone and judge and let the pup snuggle on the sofa you monster, just put a small footstool so she can step up easier.
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furniture jumping:
we're trying to discourage the wee daschund from trying (and failing for the most part due to smollness) to jump up on the sofas. Mostly because constantly doing so is probably going to be bad for her back in the long term, and we'd like at least a few boundaries - sofa is for kitty.
tried a stern "NO" followed by a quick distraction with a chewychew and then a "good girl!" as per the internet pro tips but sofa(r) - nothing.
any pro tips?