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Sweetums · 01-14-2007, 11:31 AM

Our little Pookie has now figured out how to jump up on our couch. We have a corner set and the love seat side is backed up against a half wall that looks over the stairwell to our front door. It's a long drop down and now that she can jump up on the loveseat, she right away wanted to try to get up on the back of the loveseat. That puts her in danger of getting up on the railing of the half wall (an eight inch wide finished flat board) which is exactly the height of the back of the loveseat, and from there she can fall down into the stairwell onto the tile floor at the bottom of the stairs. Yikes!

It's about 5 feet from the railing (which is along an approx 10 foot long wall) up to the ceiling. Any ideas of how we can "fence" the railing along the halfwall to raise the height so she can't climb up on it from the loveseat back? We are thinking of a screen or trellis or net we can mount up to the ceiling. We have no where else to put our loveseat. The other wall across from it is a fireplace and the wall 90 degrees to it holds our 3-seat couch. Setting it out in the middle of the room will eliminate any space for Pookie's playpen.

Anyone seen anything anywhere that might fit the bill?

01-14-2007, 11:31 AM	#1
Sweetums Donating Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Kirkland WA Posts: 431	Anybody got any ideas what to use to solve this problem? Our little Pookie has now figured out how to jump up on our couch. We have a corner set and the love seat side is backed up against a half wall that looks over the stairwell to our front door. It's a long drop down and now that she can jump up on the loveseat, she right away wanted to try to get up on the back of the loveseat. That puts her in danger of getting up on the railing of the half wall (an eight inch wide finished flat board) which is exactly the height of the back of the loveseat, and from there she can fall down into the stairwell onto the tile floor at the bottom of the stairs. Yikes! It's about 5 feet from the railing (which is along an approx 10 foot long wall) up to the ceiling. Any ideas of how we can "fence" the railing along the halfwall to raise the height so she can't climb up on it from the loveseat back? We are thinking of a screen or trellis or net we can mount up to the ceiling. We have no where else to put our loveseat. The other wall across from it is a fireplace and the wall 90 degrees to it holds our 3-seat couch. Setting it out in the middle of the room will eliminate any space for Pookie's playpen. Anyone seen anything anywhere that might fit the bill?