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Originally Posted by Lisa and Pic  Wow, you sound like you are describing Piccolo. Isn't that funny?
It used to be that Piccolo whined at the bottom of the steps, especially when we took the carpet off and had the hardwood redone. Honestly, it was causing so many problems for our dogs that we had new wall-to-wall carpet put back on those very steps. (What we do for our pups.  ) So, she had been going up and down independently after a few tries of practicing on the first step and getting her started, such as you described. Then, for her to start whining to be carried up again made me think she was in pain. I have to admit that Robert and I did discuss whether we thought she was trying to be a princess and get attention/be carried. But, decided it was probably pain. She appears to be doing better, but did whine once today to be carried. Anyway, thanks for sharing! |
It if was something she always did on her own & suddenly stopped, it's most likely from pain.
B4 we moved, we had carpeting on the stairs, so she went up/down on her own all the time. Now, we have laminate flooring throughout including the stairs & Mimi was scared of going up/down by herself. So my dad installed a runner for the stairs & I had to train Mimi to go up/down on her own. The very 1st step & last, she won't do by herself bc the floor is laminate, probably still slippery. One day, I was upstairs & she was downstairs by herself (I was going to go down in a few mins) but she came up on her own! I was so surprised, so I went back down w/her & came up again. Peeked around the stair case when she wasn't looking & I saw her go up like a baby, her front legs were up & she lifted one of her hind leg very carefully & lifted herself up loll!
I hope Piccolo continues to do well, give her gentle kisses from us!