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Originally Posted by maggiefromnj  How big is big enough to jump? I know a lot of you with steps have smaller yorkie. Maggie is a 10 pound yorki poo. She jumps onto my cushioned lane cedar chest and the onto my bed. My bed isn't high. It's pretty old so it's not pillow top or any of that stuff. It's the old standard height. It's only a few inches higher than the chest. She jumps on and off the sofa too. When she is playing with her boyfriend she flies on and off the sofa when they are playing. I hope that being a little bigger she won't be as likely to get hirt. we have wood floor in the bedroom, but the part where she jumps has area rug. |
although jumping is not good, it sounds like your dog is big enough and your bed is not high, Lola jumps up and off the day bed in my office and on the couches as well. my bed is a raised 4 poster and has that new style high mattress, LOL we first bought the same mattress but with the pillow top, the bed was so high that if we got up without being careful we could have hit our head on the chandelier above it and we have a raised ceiling to boot. The let us exchange for a flat top and low profile box spring. IMHO they are making all these new beds to high. Dogs seem to jump different, Lola can jump up quite high, but more like pogo stick just straight up, she can jump up higher than the bed but not on to it. (thankfully) My friends yorkie is quite a bit smaller and low energy buy she can jump up on my bed with what seems to be no effort of all, but I rarely see her jump up straight like Lola does. my last yorkie could hardly figure out how to jump on the couch yet he like Lola was a straight pogo stick jumper. odd little buggers
