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01-05-2012, 10:44 AM | #1 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: New Hampshire
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| Jumping off the sofa? I have heard that it isn’t good to let small dogs jump up and down furniture, so we have stairs for Jaxon to get up and down the sofa. He gets on it using the stairs no problem (probably because he can’t jump that high, lol) but almost never uses them to get down. He knows how to use them, and sometimes does, but most of the time he gets excited because someone is at the door, or he drops his toy and can’t stand to take the time to walk over to the steps (we have a huge sectional sofa and the steps are at one end) so he just jumps off from wherever he is. So, my question is how small is too small to be jumping off furniture? At 5.5 lbs is he big enough to handle it without causing physical damage? I have tried to make him use the stairs as often as I can but it’s almost impossible to keep him from jumping off, aside from banning him from the sofa, which I just can’t do it’s his favorite place to be. I also want to mention that my sofa is a little higher than average and we have hard wood floors.
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01-05-2012, 10:52 AM | #2 |
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| my 3 pound jumps all over the place she will not use the steps hubby has make 3 sets for her and she just will not use them even jumps on and off the bed don't know why picture didn't show
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01-05-2012, 10:54 AM | #3 |
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| My adult yorkie, Riley, weighed in at 4 lbs and he was just fine jumping up and down from the sofa onto hardwood floors. While yorkies are predisposed to patella problems, this can occur with daily walking, running, stairs and other normal activities. I have a 4 mo old puppy, Chloe, weighing in at 2.5 lbs and I don't let her jump down yet, but will when she is older and heartier. IMHO, I think it's fine for Jaxon to sprint down when excited without causing any problems. |
01-05-2012, 11:03 AM | #4 |
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| My five pounders have a ramp for the sofa and bed. One will jump from the sofa if in a big hurry but the other wouldn't even think about it! So far no injuries (knock on wood).
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01-05-2012, 11:06 AM | #5 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: New Hampshire
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| Thank you, that makes me feel a lot better! I guess I won't be so uptight about it then. I'm just always worried about him getting hurt!
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01-05-2012, 11:09 AM | #6 |
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| My 2lb 13 ounce yorkie always jumps up and down from my boyfriend's large sectional sofa. He has carpet so he isn't landing on hardwood but when I'm at my mom's house, I make him jump up from a pillow and down onto the pillow cause her floors are hardwood. In the bedroom, we have steps for him to go up and down. I did catch him one time jumping off the bed onto the carpet and I told him no. The bed is almost 3 feet high.
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01-05-2012, 11:18 AM | #7 | |
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01-05-2012, 11:27 AM | #8 |
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| Thanks so much for bringing this up! Bolton will use his stairs to get up on our high bed but not down. I am not so much worried about injury but long term arthritis or other conditions that my previous Yorkie had. How do I get him to go down???! He is driving us nuts and by the time we get to him he is already on the floor. |
01-05-2012, 11:36 AM | #9 | |
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Anyone have any ideas on how to train to use the stairs at all times? I tell him "no" but he looks at me like I'm crazy and thinks I'm scolding him for going to pick up his toy!
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01-05-2012, 12:07 PM | #10 | |
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And yes my little baby is mommy's evil kenevil...gives momma a heart attack! He also likes walking on the top of the sofa in my boyfriend's barroom. Something a cat would surely do. I caught him a few nights ago doing it and I almost choked on my food. He just gives me that look like "what now? I am pretending I'm a kitty" haha
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01-05-2012, 12:13 PM | #11 | |
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Now the problem is i just can't seem to make him use them "every" time. I suppose the only thing I can do is every time he jumps off, put him back up and make him use the stairs...he might eventually learn
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01-05-2012, 02:36 PM | #12 |
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| You'd probably have a heart attack around my Jackson, LOL. He's a big 16lb'er but he is a little monkey man. Always leaping from couch to couch, jumping over things, on top of things He's crazy....
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01-05-2012, 02:51 PM | #13 | |
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Sounds like my crew. They are llike cats, just jumping around..on the couch...off the couch...on the couch and so on. They make me nuts. My little Wally has jumped off of the couch from standing on the arm. They just kill me!!!
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01-05-2012, 03:05 PM | #14 |
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| morgan sometimes jumps off the couch when i dont catch him |
01-05-2012, 03:32 PM | #15 |
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| That's how Levi is too - but Levi only weighs 5.5 pounds. We have this half-wall that divides our dining room from our sunken living room...Levi loves to climb up the couch and onto the top of that wall, and then walk the wall like a balance beam.
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