Cream Dogs Can't Jump*****UPDATE

[Jane, Rooney & Stuart]

********It is really unbelievable but not 15 minutes after I posted this - after spending 2 weeks trying to get Stuart to use that ottoman - he jumped right on it and then leapt on the bed.   What high value treat finally worked - none.  Dori had given Rooney a stuffed elephant for his b-day that Stuart adores.  I had walked past it on the floor and I flung in on the bed to get it out of the way - here came Stuart a flying!  He grabbed it and jumped back down the same way.  OMD I'm in shock, thanks Dori!  We then did a 3 more times just to make sure he got it and WE ARE GOOD.  Now if I could only get him to do better with the SUV.

I don't remember at what age Rooney learned to jump, I thought I would have to pick him up onto the bed forever and then one day (maybe 8 months?) he just started jumping up.  Stuart at 5 months seems to be getting better at running without falling or going ass over head, he is getting faster and more agile but he can't jump - at all.  So I had been lifting him on and off the bed, till recently when at 40 lbs - I can't lift him any longer.  This has caused more than a few issues.  I'm working with our trainer to try to teach him how to climb into the suv on his own and how to get back out.  I've shoved an ottoman up  against the bed to try to teach him to climb up and then onto the bed.  We are having limited success.  I place the snack on the ottoman and he'll place his front paws and chest up to get the snack but he then just stands there so I have to take his back leg and place it up and then do his other leg, then for another snack he'll once again place his paws and chest up on the bed but I then have to lift his hind legs one by one till he is up.  He also will not jump off the bed so I have to sort of slide him off.  I've had a spinal fusion and I simply can't lift this kind of weight without the fear of causing very serious damage to myself, anyone got any idea?

Here is a re-enactment (sorry about the un-made bed)

From here I lift his back legs up, because he won't.  LOL

Here he is on the footstool but he makes no effort to climb the rest of the way?!  So I once again have to lift his back legs up. 

[Mimi Linna, Lilly and Lolly]

oh no...can someone build him a ramp??

[Jane, Guinness and Murphy]

Doggie stairs....it's the answer.  Murph has been able to jump on the bed from "day one", but not Guinness.  The stairs give him the freedom to come and go from the bed when he wants to.

[Jane, Guinness and Murphy]

Here's Guinness learning to use his stairs....it only took about 10 minutes and he was running up and down at "lightening speed"

[Jane, Rooney & Stuart]

That is so cute!!!!

 

[Mimi Linna, Lilly and Lolly]

too cute...

[Mimi Linna, Lilly and Lolly]

I wonder if you have a very fav snack and get  up on the other side of the bed and call to him to get up on the ottomon and to the bed..rooney looks like he is saying...nanny, nanny ,nanny goat.. iam up here and you're not.

[Tina, Clover, Plus 5 More]

Jane, two of my dogs will not jump up on the bed or couch when the other dogs are on them or nearby.  Maybe try working with Stuart while Rooney is in the other room.  Otherwise doggie stairs.

[Elizabeth, Bailey & Bruin]

http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=doggie+stairs&rls=com....

 

I just searched doggie steps....

 

I can't wait for Bailey to be able to jump on the bed....She can jump down now but has some work to do on jumping up...

[Mimi Linna, Lilly and Lolly]

wow  much nicer than a home made ramp..

[Laurie, Fudge, and Vern]

Jane, Imagine this same scenario, but substitute a 90 pound Vern and a 50 pound Fudge into your pictures.

[Katie, John & Parker pup]

lol My cousin's have the little doggie stairs for their dog...they work well! But he should be learning to jump! Parker is creamy and jumps like a circus dog...he's 8 months so maybe Stuart just needs more time! haha

[Katie, John & Parker pup]

And these pictures of Stuart waiting for his butt to be lifted are hilarious!