Well seeing how were all sharing stories of pets chewing shit up....here is a pic of a couch my hound ate : ( it was his couch in his room so he didnt get into trouble for it...he just had no couch left. Made me laugh actually)

And one of the poochie that ate it:

Nothing could stop him. He even had tunnels in my garden.
He was a hunting dog, a Walker Coon Hound and I tried to domesticate him. No deal.

BTW Sticky's suggestion of picking your dog up often is an excellent tool and will most often avoid you having to dominate in other ways.
Ive always picked my dogs up, and layed on them also. No dry humping though ( its another tool people use..just not me)