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Originally Posted by ladyjane  With a vision impaired pup, I would not bother trying to train him to use the stairs. Way too risky. Even a pup with great vision can be injured on stairs. I had one fall down an entire flight one day right in front of me.....thankfully he only suffered a sprained paw that healed without incident. It could have been so much worse.
The railings sound terrifying...one fall could be the end. I would gate the stairs to prevent him from using them at all...up or down! |
I always (try to) keep all the stairs inaccessible (one has a door that I keep closed, one is gated, two are outside). However, I’m not always home, and I don’t trust that everyone in the household is as fanatically careful as I am — which is one reason I have tried to teach him how to navigate stairs safely. I’ve given it up for now, though.