I think the stairs and I are going to fall out fairly soon. I\u2019m not talking about the new ones. They are pretty good and whatever they say about old dogs and new tricks is quite clearly not quite right. I\u2019m happy to use those. Our Mistress stands by the side so I don\u2019t worry they will tip over. She encourages me up and had two treats waiting for me when I make it onto the bed and find my blanket. Anyway, it\u2019s not those stairs I\u2019m talking about. It\u2019s the real ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Going up is not too much of a problem. I can coordinate all my limbs to go upward in the same direction most of the time. Occasionally I have a bit of a Bambi moment and find myself splayed across several steps but on the whole I can recover from that. It\u2019s coming down that is the issue. My front end goes faster than my back end can manage, especially in a morning. I\u2019ve sort of taken to walking down quickly on my front legs and letting the rest of my body slither down behind me. It\u2019s not a long term solution. Our Mistress says it\u2019s potentially quite dangerous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I think our Mistress and I may need to acknowledge fairly soon that a full flight of stairs is no longer within my capability. I guess at that point we will be faced with three options. Firstly, our Mistress could have a dog stair lift fitted so I can go up more easily. I\u2019m thinking she may not go with that one. Secondly, I could get our Mistress to sleep downstairs with me on a permanent basis. Thirdly, I could sleep downstairs on my own. I\u2019m not really keen on that last one, but it might be a bit much to ask our Mistress to go for the second. What do you think? What have any of you done when you got to that point? Have your humans found solutions I haven\u2019t thought of?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yours optimistically<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Alfie<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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