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02-24-2017, 03:54 PM | #1 |
YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: SoCA
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| Need help with jumping Zoey is 7 yrs old. She was at the vet's yesterday and he mentioned that her knees was a stage 1 "wiggle". She jumps up and off the bed and chairs. I bought her stairs and she refuses to use them. He said the problem came from her parents not the jumping but she needs to stop. How can I stop the jumping?
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02-25-2017, 06:53 AM | #2 |
YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Hibbing Minnesota
Posts: 1,106
| My fur kid Kinder is going to be seven years in April. When she was young she jumped off the couch and sprained her back. I put lots of big pillows in front of the couch along with puppy stairs. That has helped and it looks like junk in the living room but we love our baby. Our bed is way too high and she did not want to use the puppy stairs so I put a night time collar and lease on her. I wrap the lease around my wrist and she sleeps above me on her pillow. If she has to go potty she scratches my husband's head. My last little girl was losing her use of her back legs and I did this and it is safe and they cannot fall off the bed. When we leave we put her in the kitchen I do not want her to fall off the arm of the couch. Kinder is a really good girl and she knows we are protecting her. Hope this helps. Also in our motorhome I keep stuff on the couch I do not want her jumping on the couch and chairs. Susan Last edited by Susan78; 02-25-2017 at 06:56 AM. |
02-25-2017, 07:25 AM | #3 |
YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: SoCA
Posts: 1,895
| Thanks Susan for your ideas. I have a leash attached to my headboard. Used this went there was a surgery. But the problem is she jumps up and down whenever we enter the bedroom. She is a hardheaded girl.
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02-25-2017, 08:04 AM | #4 |
YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Lake Geneva, WI
Posts: 2,776
| Aren't they all!?! Although I did my best, Piper managed to do a major leap onto couch one evening--she was spayed that morning! Thankfully, no damage was done and it hurt her just enough to deter her from jumping (for a day or two). Our little ones are very, very willful and determined, for sure! |
02-25-2017, 01:22 PM | #5 |
♥ Love My Tibbe! ♥ Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: D/FW, Texas
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| I placed big boxes, placed books, oddments in the floor in front of the couch to crowd the area and discourage Tibbe jumping down off the couch or bed and then had Tibbe go up and down the stairs over and over as a training exercise, 2 minutes a time x 6 - 15 times a day, with a bit of treat every trip he made up or down along with a big party response, BIG smiling, high happy voice, clapping, yelping, yahooing like he'd just won the lottery every time he used the stairs. I'd just grab him up and dance around with, hugging him, telling him how wonderful and smart he was EACH time. He finally got addicted to the rush of being always rewarded in that big way and besides, all that stuff deterred him from jumping straight off, along with my "NO! Bad jump, bad NO NO jump. No jump!!!!!" , along with my wrinkled up, unhappy, scowling face. Then I'd smile really big, take a treat and lure him up and back down the steps and say, SMILING big time, "That's it!!!! Gooooooooooooooooooooooooood jump, WHAT a smart boy doing good stair jump! Goooooood boy jump, YES YES YES!!!!", all the while plying him w/ bits of kibble and the party, happy, happy atmosphere. Boy, it gets old but you can fake it like the best of them and finally, your dog gets just so addicted to pleasing you so much he makes the deliberate CHOICE to make mom so happy and use the steps! Boom! BIG WIN. Big win. Celebrate until your tired with your good little guy over and over each time he does it, scold and unhappy times when he goes the old way! He'll soon figure it out! Takes about 3 weeks of this each and every single time but happy, upbeat, fun repetition is how dogs learn and you're pretty much home free to then only party every 2nd - 4th time he uses the stairs but ALWAYS scold when he directly puts his little joints at risk by jumping directly off any furniture and automatically follow that up immediately with a treat lure showing him the RIGHT way to jump down that rewards you both! Good luck.
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02-25-2017, 11:56 PM | #6 |
YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Hibbing Minnesota
Posts: 1,106
| I think before you go in the bedroom keep the door closed so she can not get in there and jump up and down. Susan |
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