Jackson is thankfully 16lbs because boy is he a jumper. I don't think I could ever get him to stop jumping, it's just so normal to him. He's been able to jump on/off all the furniture in the house since he was fairly young. He's always on top of couches and chairs, etc. I think he thinks he's a cat. I like to keep him really agile though... his back legs are really muscular and strong and he's built that up through jumping, as well as a few tricks that he does. Even sit pretty builds up those back leg muscles nicely. I think if I never allowed it, it would be worse and maybe harder on his joints.
My dads JRT/Shihtzu mix cannot jump on the furniture (well, she can the couch... but it takes her 3-5x, lol). They bought doggie stairs and she wouldn't use them... they end up just picking her on/off furniture which is a pain in the butt, but they could not get her to use the stairs no matter what they did. Jackson just jumps over top of them, lol. |