Greyhound Training For Rehomed Greys That Do Not Know How To Use Stairs

A flight of stairs in a home is yet another wild frontier for the rehomed greyhound to conquer. For some dogs, stairs are a baffling, brain-picking trick. Some dogs learn them soon enough. Some enthusiastic puppies give them a fearless go. But some adult dogs need supervision using them, since without it, these freeze in fear in their tracks midway. Rehomed greys, while known for being docile, calm and laid-back, may tackle stairs very badly since they lived in kennels and racetracks in their growth years. As a greyhound owner, you obviously will need to put into action some greyhound training to help your dog to have confidence in using stairs.

1. A word of advice to those anxious to take advantage of their greys' very docile temperament: forcing your dog up or down the stairs is tantamount to wearing out the dog's trust in you and in training. Please leave out coercion and force among your training options.

2. Live patience in training your dog; simply put into action a schedule where you work together for five minutes, with one hour-long breaks.

3. Training how to go up – Get somebody to help you out. This second person will coax your dog up the stairs using a piece of cheese or doggie treat for a bait, therefore giving your dog at least one persuasive motive to really take the span of stairs. The person behind the dog - it could be you - is reassuring the dog it will not fall. If the dog won't mind, hold its front left paw and place it on the second step. Then take the dogs back right leg and put it on the first step. Then put the dog's front right leg on the second stair next to the left one. Take the dog's back left leg and put it on the first step next to the back right one.

4. Training how to go down – This has more safety concerns since greyhounds are the type that shoot out of their kennel crates. A greyhound has every reason to try out jumping to the bottom of the stairs in one go.

The solution is to be with the dog when going down the stairs for the first couple of days. Hold your new greyhound by its collar, with your other hand supporting the dog by its chest. To get your dog up and ready, gently start the dog on the first or second step.

5. Before you allow the grey to try out the stairs without supervision, the dog will have to do many practices with you until you see that the dog fully understands the idea of one step at a time.

6. It is rare that a grey does badly in the long run with going up and down stairs. But some simply take time with their greyhound training.

By: Richard Cussons

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