Here's a short video (35 seconds) of Wally, one of our Corgis, when he was ten weeks old and learning how to go down the stairs from my office.
Moral: Be persistent, and practice makes perfect.
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Oh so cute!
Posted by: Erik Lauter | 25 April 2009 at 10:22 AM
Ouch! Man, don't let your dog do that. Puppies and stairs are a really bad combo! I have a baby gate on my stairs until the pups are capable of dealing with stairs.
Posted by: Mike | 26 April 2009 at 02:37 AM
Asalamu alaykom,
Actually practice makes better not perfect. Aiming for perfection is setting yourself up for an impossibility and usually results in procrastination.
Posted by: Yosra | 26 April 2009 at 08:57 AM
Mrs. Shakespeare said that is a brave little dog.
She is going to show your video to a friend who has a look-a-like dog.
Thanks
John
Shakespeare's Debtor (Aren't we all?)
Posted by: Shakespeare's Debtor | 29 April 2009 at 03:51 AM
If you need to give your dog access to his house-or your house-you might consider either dog stairs or a pet ramp to let them in. Thanks for great video!
Dog Stairs
Posted by: DogStairs | 04 October 2009 at 09:24 AM