Pembroke & Cardigan Welsh Corgi

corgimom · 05-04-2006, 11:05 PM

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Michael Romanos · 05-04-2006, 11:16 PM

Hi Linda
It's usual to allow Corgis climb up and down stairs and do some easy jumping at six months. To coax him downstairs place a small bit of treat (non stain if its a carpeted area) on the next stair down, make sure he knows about it and coax him down by word - but not too repetitive - and by gentle pulling of the lead - to it, then repeat the exercise for the next one and so on. What comes up must come down, eh?

corgimom · 05-05-2006, 07:27 AM

Your right Michael,

I am just afraid he is going to "roll down" - sure wish we had a one story right
now. I will try the treat thing.

Linda

Chip's Mom · 05-05-2006, 09:31 AM

We were visiting at my sister's who has a heeler pup and she flys down their deck stairs. Chip tried to follow her and rolled like a pumpkin - scared me to death. He didn't get hurt but it was scary. We have a one story but he still has to go down our patio stairs (only 3) and I don't like to watch him go down. Chip doesn't jump up on the furniture or our bed either. He is too little. He sits and waits for me to pick him up. I also have to put him back down.

lricch565 · 05-05-2006, 11:45 AM

Mazie had her own way of mastering the steps. She would go down the steps outside on the deck (there are only two of them) by dropping her front paws on the lower step and then ever so carefully allowing her back paws to land on the same step. It was more of a sideways motion and a lenghthy process, but she did it herself and looked rather proud at her accomplishment. Now she can fly down those steps!

Lisa

Jhemphill · 05-05-2006, 01:44 PM

We also live in two story and carried Maxi up and down until he was over six months and had recovered from neutering. He learned to go down the stairs off the deck in the back yard by placing a piece of cheese on the next step there are only three, then the same thing to go back up to the deck. Once he mastered that he moved on the going up the stairs in the house there are 12 of these at quite a steep grade, these are sometimes hard for adult humans and dogs. He started to go down these stairs slowly at first with one of us behind him and one of us in front of him. A couple of times slowly and then zoom, he was flying up and down. He also does a sort of sideways hop going down it is really cute to watch from the top and he can also stop on any one of the stairs and will often look back to make sure we a following him and then hops on down to the bottom. He sometimes takes two steps at a time going up. Teaching them to go up and down takes patiences and a watchful eye at first, just like teaching a child to traverse stairs.

corgimom · 05-05-2006, 02:02 PM

Chips mom,

We have a patio also with a couple of steps, however, my husband built a
ramp last year over the steps ; we also put indoor/outdoor carpet over it- it was for my Corgi that had passed away last year. She was having a hard time and couldn't get up those steps anymore, so my husband built a small ramp for her - we just kept it there and now Cody uses it.

linda

Chip's Mom · 05-05-2006, 02:14 PM

Chip kind of bunny hops at an angle going down our steps but the ramp sounds good.

Michael Romanos · 05-05-2006, 08:43 PM

Linda - no need to start Cody at the top of the stairs. Start at one from bottom, then the second from bottom and so on. It's the reaction to height that makes a Corgi dubious about attempting to go down. It's just like us humans- going up is much easier than coming down - because when you go up a mountain or a ladder etc you don't (or shouldn't) look behind you if you are mindfull of heights. And also like humans, running up a hill and (running up stairs) is actually easier on the body and less stressful on legs than is running downhill/down stars.

corgimom · 05-05-2006, 10:52 PM

Michael,

No, I wasn't starting him from the top. I put him on about the 4th stair up
from the botton and then helped guide him down(with his leash on) - of
course, he just wants to turn around and zoom upstairs and check out all the new stuff.

linda

tandemgal · 05-06-2006, 09:57 AM

Emma was/is a cautious girl. Took her a while to master stairs... Chloe on the other hand must be part jack rabbit

She does stairs, she jumps over Emma and Leah, she thinks she can jump up onto my sleeping hubby in his chair! Few days ago I caught her on the sofa

Emma couldn't do that at 4 months

Michael Romanos · 05-07-2006, 12:36 AM

My problem from all the Corgis I've had is how to keep them off the stairs until they reach an acceptable age.

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tandemgal Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,336	Emma was/is a cautious girl. Took her a while to master stairs... Chloe on the other hand must be part jack rabbit She does stairs, she jumps over Emma and Leah, she thinks she can jump up onto my sleeping hubby in his chair! Few days ago I caught her on the sofa Emma couldn't do that at 4 months __________________

05-04-2006, 11:16 PM	#2 (permalink)
Michael Romanos Global Moderator Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Silverstream (near Wellington, the capital of NZ) Posts: 5,188	Hi Linda It's usual to allow Corgis climb up and down stairs and do some easy jumping at six months. To coax him downstairs place a small bit of treat (non stain if its a carpeted area) on the next stair down, make sure he knows about it and coax him down by word - but not too repetitive - and by gentle pulling of the lead - to it, then repeat the exercise for the next one and so on. What comes up must come down, eh?

05-05-2006, 07:27 AM	#3 (permalink)
corgimom Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 3,199	Your right Michael, I am just afraid he is going to "roll down" - sure wish we had a one story right now. I will try the treat thing. Linda

05-05-2006, 09:31 AM	#4 (permalink)
Chip's Mom Global Moderator Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Northeast TN Posts: 2,364	We were visiting at my sister's who has a heeler pup and she flys down their deck stairs. Chip tried to follow her and rolled like a pumpkin - scared me to death. He didn't get hurt but it was scary. We have a one story but he still has to go down our patio stairs (only 3) and I don't like to watch him go down. Chip doesn't jump up on the furniture or our bed either. He is too little. He sits and waits for me to pick him up. I also have to put him back down.

05-05-2006, 11:45 AM	#5 (permalink)
lricch565 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Silver Lake, OH Posts: 116	Mazie had her own way of mastering the steps. She would go down the steps outside on the deck (there are only two of them) by dropping her front paws on the lower step and then ever so carefully allowing her back paws to land on the same step. It was more of a sideways motion and a lenghthy process, but she did it herself and looked rather proud at her accomplishment. Now she can fly down those steps! Lisa

05-05-2006, 01:44 PM	#6 (permalink)
Jhemphill Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Raleigh NC Posts: 191	We also live in two story and carried Maxi up and down until he was over six months and had recovered from neutering. He learned to go down the stairs off the deck in the back yard by placing a piece of cheese on the next step there are only three, then the same thing to go back up to the deck. Once he mastered that he moved on the going up the stairs in the house there are 12 of these at quite a steep grade, these are sometimes hard for adult humans and dogs. He started to go down these stairs slowly at first with one of us behind him and one of us in front of him. A couple of times slowly and then zoom, he was flying up and down. He also does a sort of sideways hop going down it is really cute to watch from the top and he can also stop on any one of the stairs and will often look back to make sure we a following him and then hops on down to the bottom. He sometimes takes two steps at a time going up. Teaching them to go up and down takes patiences and a watchful eye at first, just like teaching a child to traverse stairs.

05-05-2006, 02:02 PM	#7 (permalink)
corgimom Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 3,199	Chips mom, We have a patio also with a couple of steps, however, my husband built a ramp last year over the steps ; we also put indoor/outdoor carpet over it- it was for my Corgi that had passed away last year. She was having a hard time and couldn't get up those steps anymore, so my husband built a small ramp for her - we just kept it there and now Cody uses it. linda

05-05-2006, 02:14 PM	#8 (permalink)
Chip's Mom Global Moderator Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Northeast TN Posts: 2,364	Chip kind of bunny hops at an angle going down our steps but the ramp sounds good.

05-05-2006, 08:43 PM	#9 (permalink)
Michael Romanos Global Moderator Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Silverstream (near Wellington, the capital of NZ) Posts: 5,188	Linda - no need to start Cody at the top of the stairs. Start at one from bottom, then the second from bottom and so on. It's the reaction to height that makes a Corgi dubious about attempting to go down. It's just like us humans- going up is much easier than coming down - because when you go up a mountain or a ladder etc you don't (or shouldn't) look behind you if you are mindfull of heights. And also like humans, running up a hill and (running up stairs) is actually easier on the body and less stressful on legs than is running downhill/down stars.

05-05-2006, 10:52 PM	#10 (permalink)
corgimom Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 3,199	Michael, No, I wasn't starting him from the top. I put him on about the 4th stair up from the botton and then helped guide him down(with his leash on) - of course, he just wants to turn around and zoom upstairs and check out all the new stuff. linda

05-07-2006, 12:36 AM	#12 (permalink)
Michael Romanos Global Moderator Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Silverstream (near Wellington, the capital of NZ) Posts: 5,188	My problem from all the Corgis I've had is how to keep them off the stairs until they reach an acceptable age.

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