Omg..that made me cry. How sad. I did get a set of stairs for Sunni, but she did exactly what you said. No trouble going up but would go down one and jump off to the side. I finally thought of bringing up my kitchen step stool..2 rubber coated steps and very stable. (The pet stairs I got didn't really feel that stable to me). I spent an hour with treats teaching her to go up and come down the steps. This week she's been working on the long flight of stairs to go up to my (our) room. She was not coming down by herself, but today she did it on her own for the first time. I have worked with her on the stairs because I know how wily she is, and I felt like it would be better to teach her the right way, then have her trying to take a few steps at a time.
I feel so bad for your friend, but the way she wrote about it was very touching. |