Stairs can be daunting to the dog that’s not had much experience with them. There are so many different types of stairs, too, that it’s important to find as many different types: wooden, spiral, concrete, metal, without risers (backs), glass, steep, short, etc. Here’s a video of Talos experiencing an odd-looking set of stairs: glass sided without any risers. He does a fine job, taking the lead of my husband.
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There’s a great set of stairs at Harper’s Ferry. When you take the mini-hike across the tracks, at the far end the stairs “open into space”… at least that is the DOG’S perspective. My service dog was very afraid! After going up and down them 3 times now, she is much better, but it takes some encouragement to step off that first step!
Great experiences for Talos!
Denise and Chloe
You have such amazing socialization opportunities where you are! In our little tiny town (the “big” town in our area has 21,000 ppl, to get to more than that it’s more than an hour away!) our socialization opportunities are limited but we do what we can! Thanks again for sharing, we love finding new types of stairs, and those are definitely interesting! 😀
Ooh! I think those stairs would make my tummy clench too. Excellent work, Talos!
Hi Ally,
This location is actually a government building where my husband works. It’s about 22 miles away from us (45 minutes). I make the drive once a week just for the socialization opportunities it presents for Talos. I used to work at this same location and took the service dogs in training with me to work every day. Since I now work out of my home, I’m missing all those opportunities for socialization, which means I have to go looking for them.
So we have lunch once a week with my husband, I take Talos on my errands, Talos goes to all my networking and educational events, and even doctor and dentist appointments (and hair cuts, etc.).
And today, we went away from people so Talos could meet a horse. Not an everyday occurrence for him, that’s for sure! But a novel one, just the same.
Lisa, thanks so much for the kind words. I’m glad you like the blog.
–Thanks,
Laurie
Denise,
We’ll definitely check this out. Thanks for the tip! 🙂
–Laurie