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05-08-2013, 09:42 AM | #1 |
YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Deer Park New York
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| Bassil is afraid to jump Basil is going on two years old and he's afraid to jump off the bed or the couch. He's a shih tzu by the way. We thought he would have outgrown his fear by this age but he's afraid When he wants to get down he barks and we carry him down. Even Biscuit our 9 month old chihauhua mix has been jumping up and down from things for 3 months now. Outside of this he is quite normal. The vets checked him out and said everything is just fine. He never fell or anything like that he just wont jump. Anybody have any thoughts? |
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05-08-2013, 09:45 AM | #2 |
♥ Maximo and Teddy Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Northern Virginia
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| I think this is quite normal, and might be better for his legs. Would you consider getting stairs for him to use?
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05-08-2013, 12:55 PM | #3 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Dickinson, TX
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| My male yorkie has never been able to jump up on the couch or bed, though sometimes he will jump off the couch but never the bed. He has stairs to get up on the couch and to get down from the couch - he uses them 99 percent of the time. Now my female, she will jump on the couch and jump off at will. I think it's just the individual dog, but I too thinks its better for them to use steps. |
05-08-2013, 01:27 PM | #4 |
♥ Love My Tibbe! ♥ Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: D/FW, Texas
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| Just be sure his vision is normal. He could be nearsighted for things that aren't moving. Dogs see moving objects better than we do, even if their vision is fuzzy, etc. But if he's got limited vision, he won't jump. If he can't see the floor that well, it's super scary to try to jump. Also, it could hurt his shoulders, elbows, back, knees or something. Get him some doggie stairs or a ramp and teach him to use it. I've used one by the bed and couch for years to save them hurting themselves with repetitive stress to their small joints.
__________________ Jeanie and Tibbe One must do the best one can. You may get some marks for a very imperfect answer: you will certainly get none for leaving the question alone. C. S. Lewis |
05-09-2013, 08:27 AM | #5 |
YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Deer Park New York
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| Yes we've had him checked and his vision is normal. I got doggie steps for him and all he did was stand on the bottom of the steps and bark to come up. Our vet who loves him says he's just a whimp and not to force him to jump because if he's afraid he might really hurt himself. So if that's the worst of his problems I'll live with it. |
05-09-2013, 10:00 AM | #6 |
Pixie and Daisy Donating Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: CT USA
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| I wish mine would not jump I have stairs and everything and they still proceed to jump
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05-09-2013, 10:10 AM | #7 |
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| I too would be thankful he isn't a jumper. I have stairs at all my furniture so Jada won't jump. Thankfully she uses them 100% of the time..but she is a shorty her legs are only about 4" long
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05-09-2013, 10:15 AM | #8 |
Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: tampa
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| Mines a jumper, I have a laundry basket in my room and it was full of clothes, he jumped onto that and then across onto my bed. Hes too short to get on the bed itself, and I bought him stairs but he wont use them getting up or down. I have a lab and I think shes a bad influence because she jumps up and down on things all the time, but shes bigger and able LOL
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05-09-2013, 10:21 AM | #9 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Boston MA
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| well mine did jump and ended up breaking her leg so I am not in favor of small dogs jumping. My surgeon said its a bad idea and habit to get into..so now I cant leave her in a room anywhere alone that has height |
05-09-2013, 10:39 AM | #10 |
♥ Love My Tibbe! ♥ Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: D/FW, Texas
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| Here are some thoughts for what they are worth. You might need to train him to come up and down over and over and over, leading him with a juicy treat up and down, little at a time until he gets it and fees secure. Some dogs have a fear of heights. He could have fallen off a high place before you got him if he's a young dog or fallen when you weren't home. Or he's unsure of his leg strength or it hurts to jump that far. Outside, a dog will often do things that hurt some as they are excited and adrenaline pumping from all the excitement, scents and freedom. Inside, dogs can become more circumspect about doing something that basically hurts them. Canines are genetically programmed not to show pain when they can help it - they just endure it and start to avoid what hurts when not otherwise caught up in a frenzy of fun. I was teaching Tibbe to bow on command and he became reluctant to go up his doggie stairs or ramp within a week of starting that training. I realized that bowing action could have stressed his shoulders or elbows and we stopped that trick then and there and I put away the stairs/ramps. I lifted him for the next two weeks up and down every time and then slowly allowed him to resume them and he did just fine going up and down but we never resume the bowing trick and never will. I would sure have my vet check him out for sore joints, occult injury and degenerative changes in joints or things like that on x-ray just to be sure. Jumping is way different from running and bounding outside, all of which Tibbe did when he was sore - but he was reluctant to use his stairs or jump as much as it takes to get down from or up on furniture in the house.
__________________ Jeanie and Tibbe One must do the best one can. You may get some marks for a very imperfect answer: you will certainly get none for leaving the question alone. C. S. Lewis Last edited by yorkietalkjilly; 05-09-2013 at 10:41 AM. |
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