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