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Articles Training and Tips How to properly go up and down stairs.
Articles Training and Tips How to properly go up and down stairs.
| How to properly go up and down stairs. |
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| Monday, 03 December 2007 | ||
When you are training to go up and down stairs with your dog, you want to make sure you are always leading. Start off at the bottom of the stairwell. With leash either in hand or umbilical method, start going up the stairs. If the dog starts to get ahead of you, use the side of the stairway, or wall to cut the dog off. You can use your legs to do this. You always want to make sure that your feet are ahead of the dog’s paws. When you get closer to the top, you can skip a step to ensure you getto the top first. Same rules apply when going down the stairs. Near the bottom, you can even jump the last few steps to again, ensure you get there first. As you practice this, and as the dog starts to learn the new expectations, you can drop the leash and repeat, and then repeat with no leash at all. You can also stop midway on the stairs and if the exercise is done properly, your dog will stop too, a few paws behind your feet. Again, it is critical that you always ‘win’; you must always be ahead of the dog. Register on the website and watch the video in the Members Only Video section.
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