A six-inch mini dachshund named Enzo escaped his corral, scaled a three-foot gate, and leapt onto a light-gray sectional while owners attended a wedding, then could not get down. Enzo soiled the couch over several hours, forcing intensive cleaning and renewing the owners' intent to replace the sofa. After moving into a larger apartment and waiting a year, the owners ordered the Bangalow Modular Sofa from Koala. Koala is an Australian brand known for thoughtful design, eco-conscious materials, and emphasis on comfort. The Modular Sofa can be reconfigured for different spaces, making it suited for apartment living.
Three years ago, two things happened: in November, we brought home our second puppy - Enzo, a mini dachshund - to our apartment in Jersey City. Then, on New Year's Eve, we attended a wedding in Brooklyn. It was at that wedding, just moments before the ceremony began, that my then-boyfriend (now fiancé) pulled out his phone to show me the pet camera.
On the screen, Enzo - curled up on the couch beside our two-year-old dachshund, Link. So sweet...save for the fact that Enzo was supposed to be in a corral in the living room, complete with crate, pee pad, food and water. At only about six inches tall, he'd managed to scale a three-foot gate, scramble onto his crate and leap onto our couch. Terrifying and impressive in equal measure.
The real problem? He couldn't get back down. Which meant that, for the next few hours while we celebrated our friends, Enzo busied himself pissing and shitting all over our light gray sectional, a couch we'd already been talking about replacing but had put off until we moved into a bigger apartment. We ended up staying put another year, deep-cleaning the couch within an inch of its life, but I never stopped manifesting a new one.
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