Pete the Vet: I love feeding wild birds but how can I make sure my cats won't hunt them?

Balancing cats and bird tables; keeping a lurcher off a new couch; and a Pomeranian puppy who's got the shakes

Pete the Vet: Cat watching a bird

My lurcher cross is as we had been told, a total lapdog, he’s two now, loves his activities but he adores being up on the couch with the kids and chilling out. We even got him his own couch where he’ll happily loll for hours. The only problem is I don’t want him up on our new couch. 

We told him strongly whenever he comes near it NO and he definitely understands, and we put chairs and obstacles on it when we go to bed. Despite this, he worms his way around the stools etc on the couch and is up there every night – we can tell because of the hairs and the guilty look on his face when we come down in the morning.