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Originally Posted by kjc  Can you describe her 'walk'? Is she kicking her front legs out as she walks?
Once you start teaching her not to jump up.... the way I do this is I watch and when they look at a chair or couch like they're going to get up on it, I tell them 'wait' and rush over, pick them up and put them on the chair, for as long as I am right there with them. If I have to leave the room, I put them down, bc they usually want to follow me anyway. Same goes for the bed. Within a week, mine were waiting for me to come pick them up, and almost all jumping had stopped. |
Her walk is more the back legs kicking out..almost like a bunny. She even seems to have a back-end sway when she walks..almost like she walks crooked, but not...it's hard to explain. As far as the front legs go..it's been more recent that they seem to bother her, but it's more like she doesn't want to put weight on them, not at the same time though. When she urinates, she always has held up her one leg. We even joked that the breeder goofed that she was a boy or that she was confused.
I can't imagine that I will be able to get her to stop jumping. We bought one set of steps for the living room..I felt like we'd need one for each piece of furniture, but there would really be no living space left for the rest of us..lol So, we decided to start with one. Anyway, she's terrified of the steps!! We are doing treats to coax her and she just won't do them. I am going to have to get us all to try the "wait" command. We do have a rather high step up where she goes out to potty and we are not letting her do that and she's caught onto waiting for us. We are going to have to work harder on the furniture issue.
I feel horrible, I feel like we missed something, or that letting her jump on & off the couch was such a bad thing. I waited years for her. I had always wanted my little baby. We had the shepherds, who were great with our kids, great protectors and the kids couldn't hurt them if they tried. I figured when the nest got empty, we'd get her. But I always new I'd get her someday. Well, the nest isn't completely empty and i don't think it will be anytime soon
but, I guess my hubby thought it was time..as he bought her for me.