When the groomer brought Perry to our house he was nine months old, we have about 7 or 8 stairs going up to our back door, I was waiting for Perry to go up the stairs and she said oh he doesn't know how to go up stairs and I carried him up the stairs. I thought oh oh what is wrong with this dog, actually I had never seen that before.
Well when he got with Daisy, in a short period of time on his own he was running up the stairs to our bedroom, and down the stairs on the patio. We didn't rush him or make a big deal out of it, I guess just by watching what Daisy did he followed. He had never played with toys before, but watching her before long he was running and playing with toys. I think they do need to get self confident and I think they eventually get the idea especially if there is another dog in the house.
Jackie