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Go to the CSN store online and into the pet supplies they have a number of pet stairs in all kinds of sizes and heights. I just got a new bed that is quite high and my original 3 step stair is not high enough. I went on CSN and they have steps for as tall as this bed, I am SOLD on this store...:D |
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So the bouncing isn't as bad for Sugar (6lbs 7 oz) as the 'tiny' ones? I did not realize that she was nearly twice the size of some of the dogs here. When we were asked to give her a home, I thought she was especially small. Cannot even begin to count the hours I've spent reading, reading, reading here to learn about what she needs. We were told that she is 2-years old. |
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That just illustrates the point that having smaller dogs requires us to think a bit more about their activities in order to keep them happy and healthy as long as possible and no, you cannot keep your dog from jumping - they will do it. I just try to bear in mind to restrict a lot of jumping and high jumping with my Yorkie but it is a hard task to undertake as they all think they are circus performers!!! |
I work at a specialty veterinary clinic and I alway remember our neurologist saying "It's not so much the jumping up (which is still bad) but the jumping down...it hurts the knees and it jerks the whole spine and back. My yorkie (Lacey) has no fear of falling or even jumping. So I bought stairs/ramp and she took to them right away. It was the best investment I got for my pups!!! |
We brought Bevos stairs back out for our new baby....he is almost 7 weeks old and already figureded them out! Cutest thing! |
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I bought my doggie stairs at our local wallgreen, they were very resonable. best thing i ever bought :) Molly has super duper short legs, some are not made so well so i had hub do a few adjustments to make sure they were stable. |
Jackson is thankfully 16lbs because boy is he a jumper. I don't think I could ever get him to stop jumping, it's just so normal to him. He's been able to jump on/off all the furniture in the house since he was fairly young. He's always on top of couches and chairs, etc. I think he thinks he's a cat. I like to keep him really agile though... his back legs are really muscular and strong and he's built that up through jumping, as well as a few tricks that he does. Even sit pretty builds up those back leg muscles nicely. I think if I never allowed it, it would be worse and maybe harder on his joints. My dads JRT/Shihtzu mix cannot jump on the furniture (well, she can the couch... but it takes her 3-5x, lol). They bought doggie stairs and she wouldn't use them... they end up just picking her on/off furniture which is a pain in the butt, but they could not get her to use the stairs no matter what they did. Jackson just jumps over top of them, lol. |
That funny...my cairn terrier will do the same thing. She looks at her sister like...really are you going to use those stairs. She never used them either. Same thing with my Lacey...I think she's a cat instead of a yorkie!!! She sits on the back of the couch (in the sun) and watchs people go down the road. LOL |
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Teddi has always been a jumper. She jumps on and off the couch all the time but most of my friends with tinys can't jump up at all. I kind of wish she couldn't jump but she can and has been since she was little so I don't think she would stop now. |
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Enough training like that and lots of praise plus an "uh oh" and kind of turning your head away from them for a while when they do jump down off the couch itself, can gradually them to using the doggie stpes. Tibbe just almost took right to those steps once he learned not to be afraid of them and that they were after all a fun game! Good luck! |
Whitney climbs the couch like a cat. I swear she is half-cat in other ways too! It's hilarious. As a rule, we don't allow our dogs on the couches because they aren't very low and I'm worried they would get hurt, so we put her back on the floor, but yeah, it's pretty funny to watch. :D |
I fixed the getting up on the sofa issue with Jett. The family room sofas, are pretty darned low to the floor. I folded up a blanket on the floor on one end of the sofa. It gives Jett about 1 inch up towards teh couch. Within a minute he was up on the sofa. He will not jump down however, which is great for me!!!! :D |
My DH built my two ramps up to the bed and couch. I really don't think it's good for smaller yorkies to jump down from any height... |
We used puppy stairs. Then one day when he was playing, he just jumped up. That was when he was over a year. He has also recently made it to 4lbs, and he seems sturdier all together. We moved the stairs, and he jumps up now. |
Nope, Minnie can't jump on a sofa but she can jump down. She is really little. |
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