Quote Originally Posted by Freedom
Hey, Mr. B IS going to forgive you! And he IS going to learn all this new stuff! He definitely knows who feeds him and that life is good with you. So don't beat yourself up, things happen with training. It is a learning process for ALL of you.


We got a baby gate before Sugar arrived, to keep the cats safe. (As it turned out, Sugar's personality is such that we didn't need it.) I bought one at WalMart for $15. BUT you need to look at where you are going to put it, and measure the width. You want to be sure the one you buy will expand to at least that wide. AND think about Mr. B - is he a jumper? We knew in advance that Sugar doesn't jump. Not sure if she can, but the breed are not great at jumping. So I knew I did not need anything high to stop her from crossing it. I think Mr. B is all or part JRT and I think they jump. BUT if you are putting across stairs, then you may not need too much height. Sorry to give you so many MORE things to think about!
The first step is kind of like a mini floor. I want to put the gate there so its higher up from the floor. He doesn't seem like a big jumper when he doesn't have to. He will jump onto the beds & they are high up.. but he really has to try hard to get onto Chad & Andrew's, as its higher up. So hopefully the gate being higher up then their bed will keep him from jumping it.