[nagdu] Steps

[d m gina]

Hello,
When the dog crosses in front of you, he or she is trying to let you 
know stairs are there and trying to keep you from falling down them.
Once the dog knows you know what is happening then they move their paw 
so you can get down or up.
Original message:
> This may be a silly question but why would you want your dog to body
> block you at a set of stairs?

> On 11/15/10, Julie J <julielj at windstream.net> wrote:
>> 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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