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Well I am happy to report Sidney is going up and down the stairs like an old pro now. For about a week after he went down them for the first time, we had to lure him down with treats. Sometimes he'd just freeze up and need to be placed on the first step. Now he goes down them like he has his whole life, without batting an eye! No lure, no treats, just goes. Woohoo!

I just turned 39 and my husband is 44. Damn, I feel old now after reading this thread!

I'm no expert, but I think he looks perfect!

I'm so sorry for your loss

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He's beautiful! Congrats and enjoy!

Great news! Round 2 tonight went awesome! First I put a piece of meat on the first stair. He stared at it for a couple seconds, legs wobbling. Then he stepped down on the first stair and took it. He then pulled back up, but this was the first time he's ever gone down a stair himself! I did this with him 4-5 times. Next I put a piece on stairs one and two. He went down one stair, eats, then second stair, eats. He did pull back up to the top. Now I skipped stair 1 and put a piece on stairs 2 and 3. He went right down to stair 2, ate, then stair 3! I quickly put a piece of meat on the next stair. He went down to that one and finished the stairs on his own! Woohoo! First time he's gone down the stairs on his own without us touching him! Afterwards he was like, no biggie! Now give me more treats

That is funny! He went up the stairs 2 days after we brought him home. We were standing at the top with treats. But going down? Forget it. He has gotten right to the edge and then shakes. It was nice seeing him do the 2 steps gracefully. Like they were nothing! Let's hope part 2 goes well

Thx for all the advice. Tonight my husband and I had stairs 101 with Sidney. When he comes to the top of the stairs at the very edge, he starts to shake. So he's super scared of going down them. My husband picked him up and placed him in mid staircase (the staircase is only 5 steps). He slowly walked down the last 2. Great! We did it again and same result... Placed on steps, gently walked down the last 2. We gave him lots of praise and treats. He didn't seem phased or upset. Hopefully next time we can start higher up. Productive night!

I am so very new to greyhounds, but this thread reminds me of part of the talk we got from our rescue we got the hounds from. He mentioned increased aggression could be a sign of thyroid issues. Just a thought. Good luck.

Sigh..... I feel your pain. Remember the good times and memories.

I use both for both our hounds. The rescue gave us the harnesses and said they were used to walking with them. We immediately got them collars.... I think a dog on a harness will pull you all over the planet. Now we use both when we walk them.... the harness and the collar. We use a splitter lease that connects to both. It pulls the collar more than the harness. The harness at this point is just for peace of mind that if they pull out of their collar, there is the harness there for Plan B.