CaseyKC
Active Member
I was recently given a set of doggy stairs to assist with getting on and off of a high bed. My bed is way too high for Libby to jump up, she needs to be lifted up, but for the past few months, since we returned from vacation, she has been jumping off the bed and onto the floor. I worry that she will hurt her back doing this. When I mentioned this to a friend, she gave me her extra set of doggy stairs. Libby is scared to death of them. I started out putting a treat on each step (3,) and one on the bed close to the edge near the stairs. She will take the treats from the first two steps, and sometimes from the top step, but will not take the final step onto the bed. Last night I wouldn't lift her onto the bed at bedtime, got into bed myself, turned out the light and fell asleep. At 1AM she began to whine, woke me up, so I repeated the treat thing again on the steps. She still wouldn't take the final step onto the bed, so I caved in and lifted her up to the bed in the interest of both of us getting some sleep. Besides using treats, does anyone have a good idea how to get Libby to use the doggy stairs for their intended purpose? I should mention that she has no problems doing house stairs from the first to second floor, although I usually carry her up and down if I see her about to run up or down, again as a preventative measure to possible back injury..