Stairs and small dogs

[Mz_s3ski_Kitt3n]

all my babies do knoe how to get up the staris and i even have hardwood floors too !!

[ladyj]

Originally Posted by Xena'smommy

I was wondering about how your smaller yorkies do with stairs.

Xena is almost 6 months old and she cannot climb the stairs in our house. I have tried to coax her just to see if she could but as soon as she accidentally got up on the first stair she was terrified and jumped down. Now she won't even try. The thing is, I don't want her to be able to climb them - I prefer she stay down stairs. She is supposed to be about 4 lbs (but you never know).

Do your smaller yorkies climb up and down stairs?

My granddaughter's little Yorkie, Sammy, has been going up and down stairs since she was about 9 weeks old. She's 11 weeks old now and doing great. She weighs about 2.5 pounds. They have doggie steps for her to get up onto the couch or bed, which she will use, but she goes up and down the front porch steps without even a moment's hesitation. They are big concrete steps. They were very surprised that she didn't bother about them at all and just took off. They watch her very closely to be sure she doesn't fall. These little guys are such cuties and think they're much bigger than they are!

[Danielle_82]

My little boy Pete is 2yrs and 3.5lbs, he does stairs to a point. I think 5 stairs is his max and then he looks at me like "mom pick me up!". Allthough our home is only one floor so he isnt forced to try very often, but when visiting others he refuses to do more than a small porch full!

[Pipersmommy]

The only stairs we have are up to our bed. We didn't have Max 2 days & he was chasing Piper up them. So I turn them over during the day so he won't climb them & possibly fall off the bed. If you don't want him to climb them, get a sm gate to block them. I have gates in my home where I don't want Max to go.

[Gucci'sMommy]

My little girl is so confident, she took to the stairs at just 2 1/2 pounds like it was nobody's business!

[Mama_to_Rex]

When I got Rex he was about 1 lb. 10 oz. at 12 weeks. I put him down in front of the stairs and I walked on down and he followed me. Now he flies up and down like nobody's business!

[Rae Rae]

We got Rocky when he was 6months old and he wouldn't go up/down the stairs. He was about 4.5lbs at that age. After about a month or so though, he started going up and down them and now he's fine with them.