Quote Originally Posted by chocolatepuppy View Post
With RB Lacey, it was basically trying to keep her from running wild with the other dogs. Absolutely no running up steps, (the vet told me that) so a gate was put up at the steps to the basement. A gate was put up on bedroom door so she couldn't jump on the bed. She did some running and playing in the yard for quite a few years with no problem. Sadly, when she was older, somehow, she tore it again and had arthiritis, so it wasn't fixed. She was on pain meds until she just couldn't walk anymore.
How old is Marta?
Thanks for the response. Marta is going to be 9 in a few months (which is really hard to believe). It's impossible to avoid stairs entirely in our house, we have 3 flights of stairs inside and the dogs have to go down a flight to get down to the back yard (the back door opens to a deck). But, I'm thinking that I should ban the bed. I don't want to, because Marta loves sleeping on the guest bed, but she could get hurt jumping off. It's been several years since her last surgery, and I hope she never needs another!! I try to keep Marta's weight down (which is kind of hard for a corgi) so she doesn't put strain on her legs, but she will probably get arthritis when she is older because of her problems too.