Friday 26 January 2007

12. Can Dachshunds climb stairs?


‘Yes, but with great difficulty’ is the answer!

Yesterday’s answers mentioned the issue about dachshunds using stairs. The dachshund, of course, especially the miniature dachshund, has tiny little legs and cannot manage normal house stairs, so it’s best not to encourage them to use them.

If you do have stairs you could train them not to go upstairs – yes this IS achievable! Or put a stair gate in place. But when you consider the size they are to the size of each stair, it doesn’t take a lot to work out that it’s the equivalent to us trying to climb a flight stairs that are each four feet high!
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