I wanted to say one thing about pet stairs, I know they work great for many people with small dogs so I though I would give it a try, but in less than a month I moved them away from our bed.
Once Lola realized she could get on the bed on her own she started going up there whenever she wanted, which I did not like, because it gave her access to our night stands and anything left on them, she also loved to be in on the activity of making the bed, that was a hoot for her and impossible for me. I would often find wet slimy toys tucked between my pretty satin throw pillows. Now instead of sleeping when the lights went out, she would jump off the bed, which she had not ever done before and run back up the stairs with one of her squeaker toys. So before bed we would have to spend time sweeping the floor of all her toys. Like most young pups she is a fast hyper little thing so she started by passing a few of the steps and then instead of using the steps to come back down she just started jumping down, and multiple times, during the day she would bring one of her toys up on the bed and then push it off, jump down to get it and then run back up the steps to do it all over again. That's when I realized pet steps were not a good idea for us. So now we lift her up on the bed once a day when it is time to go to sleep and I lift her down in the morning, it's odd but from the day I took the steps away she stopped jumping down. |