I use an old fashioned adjustable wooden baby gate on the stairs when we go to visit our grandchildren. Without it Gus would be exploring the stairs constantly. We live on one level in Florida, but my oldest son lives in our family home in NY. The basement stairs are steep, and end in a hardwood floor. Our son built us a small apartment downstairs, and we keep Gus in the bedroom, behind the French doors, if we cannot supervise him...when he built the suite, he opened up the bottom six stairs to improve the open feeling, and Gus now has a chance to hop up and down. |