He's just adorable and just look at those huge paws! At 12 weeks, his paws are already twice as big as my 65 lb Collie (Course, I've a friend who keeps refering to his as "Barbie Feet" ).

For that stair issue, try taking a can of cheese whiz and making a lil' trail down the stairs. Then don't force him, just let him come to the decision on his own that the cheese whiz is worth navigating the stairs. This way he's actually getting the reward from the stairs, so starts viewing them as a good thing. I did this with my Collie for his teeter totter fear and it worked wonders.

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