does your pup have free access to your bed

[Maximo]

Originally Posted by DBlain

I met a gal in NY that was saying how her yorkie knows that she is not allowed to jump off things, I did not say much but I was wondering how the heck do you keep her from doing that, so far I have not been very successful in teaching Lola that.

Lots of training! I don't know how, but Max & Teddy's breeder had all of her dogs trained to not jump on or off anything.

My boys are impossible if they think someone is at the door or a school bus is passing by the house.

[Patti]

Mine use a ramp to get up and down off my bed. They were taught from day one to use it so they have never learned to jump up or down off anything. So it works for us as I know they will be safe. Lola is a cute little monkey!

[dawn27]

Mine use to but after number 3 in our bed we were loosing too much sleep. It was hard for me and the DH to have to function on the amount of sleep we were getting when they were in our bed. It just got to be too much. So they had to go, but when they were, I made my own stairs for them to use.

[Lap Princess]

Originally Posted by southernbelle04

Well our bed is upstairs now. Katie Scarlett knows she's not allowed up the stairs without me. We keep the door at the top of the steps closed as well. Now when it is bed time KS sleeps with us but I put her up on the bed. We have a high bed too. She's never jumped off to my knowledge. I would be scared to death if she did though. That's a long way down and landing on hardwood floors would not be good. I would put up steps but I can't find any that would go high enough.

Here's a 28" one. They're pricey, but very nice quality.
http://m.inthecompanyofdogs.com/#!/p...3dD12064%2bCHC

[DBlain]

my bed was to tall also, so the trunk functioned as the top step. IMHO if you are doing well without the steps and you only want your pup on the bed for sleeping I would not bother getting steps, like what happened to me you might be introducing something that winds up creating behavior that you don't want. When I stay at my sisters house I will not even let Lola sleep on the bed, her guest room has a wood floor and I high bed, I am so afraid Lola will jump off or I will knoch her off while sleeping. It's really scary for small pets since beds are getting so high now.

[kimp5]

Mine has leanred the hard way not to jump off things. She did and broke her leg. After a very expensive surgery she is crated for 6 weeks. You would think she would get it but she still trie to jump in her pen! (it has a top) I have to take her out of it and put her in the small crate when she gets stir crazy to calm her down or she would damage that leg again! So when she is allowed access to the house again she will NOT be allowed up on the furniture at all. We have about 6 different beds scattered around the house for her when she is out of crate duty and the kids know they can only sit on the floor with her....its a long 6 weeks!
1.5 down 4.5 to go!!!

[Deb1]

Our yorkies don't go near out bed unless we are in it. Neither one will jump onto of off of our bed and it is not very high. I guess we are lucky in that area!

[Marhcarter]

We have steps for Huey to get on the bed. He has free access. We got the stairs when he kept trying to jump up and the bed was too high for him to make the jump. He kept bouncing off the side until he would finally scramble up there. He always uses the stairs to get up but is about 30/70 with using them to get down. 70% he still jumps off the bed to the hardwood. I hate it and know how dangerous this is for him, but this is my same daredevil who leaps from sofa to recliner and who's favorite spot to sleep besides the bed is the top of the back of the recliner. He has jumped from there a couple of times and his daddy has given him a stern talking to...but I could see the fear in Jeffs eyes when Huey went flying across the room from that height We try to watch for signs he is gonna jump, like gathering himself for the leap and we tell him "NO". So far, that seems to be working. Now, when getting off the bed, most often he walks to the edge and drops lightly to the ground. It is the excited, flying leaps that scare me.

[chinalee61]

My pup has always been a jumper since day one. She climbed out of the playpen, climbed over baby gates, and she jumps off and on the bed and sofas. I do have stairs, and she never used it. I have a ottoman at the foot of the bed she uses, but that's about it. Now she's 11 months old and is running with a skip sometimes. Vet said she's fine. So I don't know?????

[Carmeow]

Yes, Luma sleeps snug as a bug between mama and daddy. Rosie will sleep in her crate until I feel comfortable with her size and she's trained to use the steps.

[KazzyK810]

ZoE has free access to my bed whenever she wants. If fact, many evenings, when I'm still up doing stuff around the house, she'll take herself off to bed. I'll notice she's not been around for a while and I go looking for her, and there she is snuggled up on my bed snoozing away.

My bed is not crazy high...I can get in it without steps So I just put a small bench next to it (the kind from a makeup vanity), and in front of the vanity bench is a footstool....so basically, I made "steps" using stuff I had around the house

[Yorkiemom1]

I love my ramp....scalloped top for traction...quick and easy access both up and down....no jumping down the ramp!

[TraciG]

Originally Posted by Yorkiemom1

I love my ramp....scalloped top for traction...quick and easy access both up and down....no jumping down the ramp!

Can you please post a pic?

[yorkietalkjilly]

Tibbe has full access to the bed and uses the doggie ramp or steps. If he's unhappy with me, he'll go down the hall and up onto the bed and lie down on the pillows with his back to the door and won't look at me and will stay there until he's over his pique.

[wemple2]

Winston is only on the bed when we put him there, he could never jump that high, he'll
usually stay there all night til we get up...but when he wants down...he steps off and gently lands on the carpeted floor, straight down...he doesn't leap off. I always thought that was so funny, the way he just steps off the bed.