Stairs and dogs...

[Christiansmommy]

These stories are so cute...keep em coming Glad Dale isn't the only clumbsy one!!!

[Scooby4]

Thanks for posting this... I was embarassed about my dog's and the stairs!!!
My hobby is home remodeling. I just bought a house and had decided to rip out the carpeting on the stairs. The carpet was making the stairs impossible to keep clean and they would spread the fleas. After removing the carpet the stair routine is nearly impossible. The poor dogs are having a terrible time.
Half of my dogs are physically handicapped. Scooby had a stroke and is partially paralyzed on his entire right side and Dirtnap is old, partially blind, and has arthritis. I don't expect them to go upstairs but they do.
This is the funny part. EVERY morning it is a Horrible pain staking routine with the stairs to go to the bathroom. Benji is the Big dog (Border Collie) She barrells down the stairs smacking everyone with her tail. Shaggy has to stop at the landing and get a "Hug"if she is going UP the stairs. Scooby hobbles down the stair and refuses help. It pains me to see him but he insist on doing it himself! Dirtnap it take a few minutes to get him TO the stairs! THEN he slowly makes his way down. He stops at the landing and waits another few minutes. THEN he usually falls down the stairs the rest of the way. If I try to help him he will freak and NOT move at all. I usually have to pick him up, dust him off, and give him some loving.
I am looking into putting a runner on the stairs to help them out. Their claws are doing a number on the new paint job. However, after awhile I have gotten used to our little routine and can tell each dog apart. I am just waiting to be the first to take a header out the window at the end of the stairwell! Oh and I haven't mentioned what happens if the dogs see the cat on the stairs!!!

[PJ's Mom]

Originally posted by Samantha Puppy
When she's tired though, she'll walk up just ahead of you, turn sideways and stop - blocking you from going up. She'll stay that way 'til you adore her for a few minutes, then she trots the rest of the way up.

Bailey's the same way. Unless I have food...then she'll break her neck to get up the stairs before I do.

Peej is a normal dog when it comes to stairs, but I do have a cat that always tries to kill me by tripping me on my way down.

[wolfsoul]

Timber is a master at maneuvering the stairs lol. I think it's because when she was a puppy she was constantly falling down them. She goes up and down them so fast. The patio stairs she doesn't even bother stepping on, she just jumps over them when she goes up and down. She never trips or falls, but sometimes she will block you from going up them, which is quite annoying when you're in a hurry.

[Corinna]

With 2 newfys I have to make them part the sea to get up or down . They are always in a hurry . I have a hard time getting the gate open in time before I get run over the back yard.