[nagdu] Steps

[d m gina]

Hi there
When you work with a walking harness as I do and use it for stairs up 
and down, the dog puts his feet on the step first.
You just have to watch that he doesn't get ahead of you.
Going down, I hold the harness and start the first step down after I am 
shown the step.
I also hang on to a rail.
This also keeps him in mind to watch for the steps.
It is hard at mass, because I have him cross in front of me before I 
find the first step.
Some of the folks think that I am to slow.
Way to bad, I sure don't need to fall.
Original message:
> I did a lot of work on steps and curbs this past weekend.  I needed to
> retrain the approach to up curbs because I have been sloppy and let the
> pause get shorter and shorter until it no longer existed. He's back to feet
> up on the bottom step or curb!

> And I also worked on having him cross over at the top of a set of stairs
> consisting of anything more than one.  this still needs work.  Sometimes
> he's crossing over when there's only one step and sometimes he's just
> stopping without the cross over.  I'd say he's somewhere in the range of 75%
> accurate though.

> I'm glad this topic was brought up because it's something I've been thinking
> about and meaning to work on.

> Julie



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