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Using Stairs Frodo is about 5 months now and he doesn't know how to use stairs. He's fine when we go for walks - he hops up and down curbs with ease. But he won't climb the stairs in our house because he either is too scared or doesn't know how to handle them and he whines and whines to go up or down stairs until someone comes to transport him to where he wants to go. Did any of you have to train your yorkies to use stairs, and how did you do it? Any and all feedback appreciated! :D |
I got them to go up them with treats. I think they were about 4 months old. It was easier getting them to go up than go down. |
It was essential for Oliver to learn how to use the stairs because his litter box is upstairs and the TV is downstairs ( ilive with boys so that's where we always are! haha) Oliver was really scared the first couple of days (at about 8 or 9 weeks of age) At the time, he was too small to get down each stair- but I wanted to introduce them early on- so I inticed him with a treat and let him use my arm or thigh to climb to the sequencial step. It worked really well! Soon he was braving those steps all on his own (at about 11 or 12 weeks) He may be a little bit on the bigger side so maybe it was just a little easier for him- or maybe he's just fearless! I wish you all the luck in training your baby! Oliver will do ANYTHING for a treat- so goodluck!! |
Thank you both!! |
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I only have two steps down into the the living room but when I got Debbie she was only 10 weeks old and a pound and a half. She seemed scared of going down the steps too so my son took her and put her on one step and then put her down on the next. I guess when she saw it broken down that way, she realized she only had to do one step at a time and it was "do able" for her. |
daisy was terrified of stairs until she was about 6months. we just had her go up a few at a time, giving huge praises whenever she went up/down a couple. now she *hearts* going up and down any stairs she sees. she even ran up and down all of those famous steps in front of the philly art museum as shown in those Rocky movies. ;) |
Our two are pretty funny about stairs. They have always been able to do one stair, it took them a couple of weeks to learn how to do the three stairs off the front porch. Only one of them will occasionally go up the five stairs in the garage, but not down them, and neither of them will go up or down the longer flights of stairs inside the house that lead to the basement, or outside that go from the deck to the backyard. We think it's great because they can't go bother our houseguests who stay in the basement, and they get to go "outside" on the deck, which they LOVE, but they can't escape the unfenced backyard! We're keeping our fingers crossed that they won't figure out the longer flights of stairs. :p |
Max and Abbie were afraid of the stairs at first. I had to teach both of them. Going up was much easier to teach. I put a treat on the step above where they stood and so they went to the next step. I have 16 steps so we practiced 3 at time then took breaks. They learned within a day. Going down steps took a few days longer. I put them on the second step from the bottom and put a treat at the bottom of the steps so they went down. Then I put them on the third step and followed the same process. I kept adding a step and took breaks. All of a sudden one day they just bolted up the steps by themselves and were also able to come down the steps on their own |
I sure wish mine had never learned to do the stair thing. LOL enjoy it while it last. :doghop: |
Jeter is almost 9 months and just over 8 pounds and will NOT go down the stairs. He races up them but will cry at the top to get down. He will not attempt them, but I don't know if it is really a bad thing. |
I also used treats. I put a treat on each step and when he hopped on each step he got his treat. Then I put treats on each step going down. We did this for like 5 days I think. After that he started using it more and more. Sometimes he would look down and not know how he would get down and I would sit up in bed and point him to the stairs and he'd jump and run down the steps. Now he uses them at night if he needs to potty and runs back up to sleep with mom & dad :) Genie,Cookie & Lola |
My Ava wont go past the 1st step up & no stairs down. she whines at the bottom of the stairs for me!!! hopefully she will have more courage in a few months, to be truthful she is shorter than a stair. my other yoekies managed stairs by a year . |
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