Are These Sofa Covers Really "Magic?"

My dog (and social media) made me buy them.

For those of you who have never been dog parents, the ugly truth nobody tells you about is that they have anal sacs that can smell like the Third Circle of Hell. And I don’t mean to shame Miles, but his A.S. have a lot of issues.

So anyway, I’ll spare you the stinky details but basically Miles is not allowed to park his butt on any part of the couch, other than the designated pillow we’ve trained him to stay on. Sometimes he forgets, but for the most part, he loves his $18 Amazon couch bed (they no longer make the one he has, but here’s an updated version from the same company).

For two years, that bed didn’t move and thus it caused a pet-bed-shaped-tan on the couch from the sun damage. For two years, it’s been driving me nuts — that, plus the denim/linen faded so much it looked like a saggy pair of old jeans (and not in a good way). We haven’t had this Newport Sectional couch that long (I bought it sight-unseen during the height of the pandemic) and West Elm wouldn’t sell me new cover…