Steps

[ZdogZ]

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[Michael Romanos]

Climbing is a natural thing for Corgis to do - whether the climbing includes man made steps or natural steps in the forest, bush and hills. If there is some kind of mental difficulty, I would treat stepping up stairs like any other training procedure. If a Corgi is free running in a park or on a track and steps are included, I have yet to see one who thinks twice about racing up the steps - unless there is a upwards straight run on the outside of the steps.
Go to an outside venue which has one step or two (maybe the entrance to the front or back doors of your house, and on or off a leash, lead your Corgi to the first step and offer a treat to coax him up the step, maybe by placing the treat far enough away so that your Corgi has to step up first. When he performs the action and gets the reward, praise him as well and start the process over again several times. Obviously you would progress to two steps then a whole rung of steps. I also think steep hill climbing would do wonders to get a Corgi into a stairs climbing frame of mind. Corgis can go up really steep hills especially with a fast start on the flat beforehand.

[milosmom]

Maybe if you show her a favorite treat and put it on the bed it would encourage her to climb up the steps to get the treat, even if she does not hop onto the bed...at least getting her on a step or two would be a good start.
Just keep the steps by the bed and she will get used to seeing it there...one day she will just want to be with you bad enough to hop her bunny butt right up them!

[Dillydoodle]

I trained Dillon to use the steps to get on and off the bed by using his favorite treat and toy. I got on the bed and kneeled near where the steps were , showed Dillon the cookie and encouraged him to come up on the bed, my husband helped as well to give him a little boost up the stairs the first two times until he got the idea of what we wanted. If Zia is really afraid of the stair itself, start small, put a small piece of her favorite treat on the first step. Every time she touches the step or stands on it give her a treat.. eventually she will associate good things with that step. It may take time but she will get it I am sure!

Emilie

[ZdogZ]

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[Michael Romanos]

The more I think about it, the more I like it - steep hill climbing off -leash is an ideal build up for any difficulty in climbing up a rung of steps. Hill cllimbing is marvellous for building up and maintaining leg and shoulder muscles and Taylor gets this kind of exercise fairly regularly as part of his agility training.

[milles2]

Tuck had a difficult time w/ the steps up to my bed. After taking agility classes for awhile, I just gave him the command "climb it" AND HE DID. WHENEVER HE PULLS "POOR ME, IT'S SO HARD" I IGNORE HIM. IF HE WANTS UP ON THE BED, HE'LL CLIMB IT.