Molly runs up the stairs and does something weird when she get to the top. She looks around for a little while, then she tries to mush through the spindles. This would result in a fatal fall if she were to actually succeed in squeezing through the spindles. How could we stop this? Could she really get through? She has squeezed into unlikely spots before. Should we put chicken wire along the stairwell? Nope, we looked for the "why?" Why was she doing this? Turned out she was fine going up these stairs, but was afraid to come down them. We started going down just the first four steps...nervously. Then we tried five steps and I learned that Molly goes down stairs just like her scramble off furniture. It is a controlled crash. In order to get her to take steps, instead of just one massive self-launch, we put a treat on every other step. She needed to slow down and control her movement, or she would sail past her reward. Molly is practicing walking on stairs. She now just sticks her head through the railings to check her progress, and doesn't try to climb through.
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Carole Renzullo
7/12/2015 10:13:04 am
Your dogs are absolutely adorable and how wonderful that you have found each other.
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Molly & Lucy'som
7/12/2015 11:25:56 am
Thanks for your kind words, Carole. Winnie is extra special and we enjoy following her blog.
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