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Can your 'tinies' jump up on the sofa??? Jett is closing in on 6 months old, and a little over 2 pounds and still isn't even CLOSE to being able to jump up on the sofa. He is a little petite guy, but our couches are fairly low to the ground. Instead of jumping 'toward' the couch when he jumps up, he jumps STRAIGHT in the air, like tigger or a jack in the box or something. Its kind of amusing, all you see is these little ears peeking over the seat of the sofa, boing, boing, boing, boing. (I swear I can hear this sound when he jumps....I laugh so dang hard watching him.) And he does it NON STOP!! Boing, boing, boing, boing!!! :D Bella is fairly little, about 4.5 pounds, and isn't much taller than Jett, and she has been jumping up on the sofas since about 3 1/2 months old. I'm just wondering if Jett will ever make it up????? (I KNOW, I KNOW, it is kind of better if they don't jump up, but....I swear Bella teases him by getting up when he can't......LOL) (Or maybe I'm just crazy.......LOL) Do your little ones jump up on furniture??? |
I remember when polo wa sthat age, i had to make a step for him to get up the step into the kitchen lol.... Polo has the ability, when really wound up... to jump from the ground .... 1/2 way up the back of the couch... and then with a few scrapes he makes it up to the top... |
Oh, be very careful of allowing the tiny dogs to jump, especially not big jumps. As the owner of a 3 lb. Yorkie who dislocated a shoulder that would not heal, I urge you to get a set of stairs or a ramp for your babies to use as they are too small to put that much stress on such tiny and unstable joints as these very small dogs have as the result of improper breeding practices. My tiny baby had a stairs to use for the couch and the bed and still her tiny shoulder joint could not take the stress of all the jumping she did. If you want to protect your dogs as much as possible and want to save thousands in vet bills, endless hours nursing them, casting/surgery, vet trips and heartache and pain, get them some way not to jump at all, preferably a ramp and corral their jumping as much as possible. |
I know you must be very careful with these little ones jumping. Our sofas that we use are pretty low to the ground. (We use stairs for our bed, because that is pretty high. Jett is too small to even use the stairs to get into bed at this point, it is still a bit of a reach for him. Just really wondering if most little ones eventually can make it to a short couch??? Bella will sit over the edge and I could swear she is saying, na ni na ni boo boo at him.......:) As he boings at the edge........sigh... Quote:
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Do they make pet ramps???????? That is a fantastic idea..... |
I use the scamp ramps. I train mine from day one to use them so they never learned to jump up an down off furniture or beds. Much safer for them. |
Oh, I would strongly urge you to get a ramp then. Just please keep the hard stress that jumping requires off these tiny parts ill-designed to take such impact. My vet told me that the tiny dog's joint is just too fragile to take the repetitive jolting of jumping without damaging the cartilage, wearing it away and then denuding bone, deforming it, destabilizing the joint. |
Peyton is 5 pounds and almost 3 years old and she can not jump up on anything. she has short legs and can not jump. i have doggie stairs for her :) |
Marley is about to be 6 months as well and is no where near close to being able to jump on the couch! She tries and fails lol..she has short little legs. |
My Male Sneakers is 2.5yo and is >11 pounds, and My Female Becca is 9mo >6 lbs and I still set up ramps for them. We have several ! Up to the bed, to several windows on the second floor, various others. I kinda use a rule of thumb... If where they're trying to get to, is taller than they can reach with their paws when standing up on their back legs, then it needs steps/ramp. Understand that they can easily jump up, much higher than that, but having the stair/ramp makes it easier, and allows them to come down step at a time, rather than a long downward jump. |
I would almost bet you could easily 'create' yourself a safe pet ramp.......hmmmmmmmm |
You sure can Suze, The elevation could be 45° or even more, as long as you have sufficient cross pieces, for them to get a "toe hold" on. ;) The cross pieces, probably shouldn't be spaced any greater than the length of your animal's legs. Keep in mind though, steeper ramps are fairly easy to go up, but they aren't that easy to come down on. Momentum is the issue. |
nope. puppy stairs =) |
2 Attachment(s) The best way to keep small dogs from jumping up and/or down off high furniture is to use some doggie steps. Toby had never used them and it only took about 30 minutes and a few treats to teach him. Our other dog, Speedy, doesn't really need to use them but she does. My husband makes them. Our dogs use them to get in and out of bed and a fellow YT'er just placed an order that is almost ready to be mailed. Here's a couple samples of what he's made so far. |
Plz do use doggy stairs!!! Bevo just learned how to jump in the past 3 months, and he is 2 1/2 years old. He actually broke his leg when he was about 10 months old from jumping off the couch!! They are a small investment or you can make your own!!!!! |
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