I have long ago resigned myself to the fact that in the future all furniture purchases will be made with the "how does dog hair interact with it?" factor in mind.

"down??" Ha..funny....spent two months trying to teach Sam that she was welcome on the couch ONLY when invited. Ha.... Sam was pretty good at working the system - she got 2 new chew toys and new bed in the TV room out of it. And I still have to ask her permission to get on the couch...