Lindsay
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Tilly will be 7 months old this month...so hard to believe! She has been driving us nuts not wanting to jump up on the couch by herself. Usually by the time she decides she wants to get up there I am all nice and comfortable and settled. Also there is usually 2 other dogs on top of me by that point, so I have to move them in order to pull her up, which does not go over with them too well.
We have tried EVERYTHING to get her to quit being a wimp and just make the little jump to get up there. She now stands much taller than the couch when she is on her back feet. It was time to be a big girl. We would put treats at the back of the couch...no. We would put a toy at the back of the couch...no. Josh and I would sit on the top of the back of the couch and squeak toys and call her...no. She would just put her front paws up and cry and cry. I bet our neighbors think we are nuts, jumping around on the couch squeaking dog toys with our dog crying at the top of her lungs on the floor.
Last night we had a break-through. Tilly has a soft spot in her heart for one thing in this world. Treats? Toys? Mommy and Daddy? Nope. Nope. Nope. Her true love is....HOWIE. :winkct: She absolutely loves that cat (and he loves her too). They are best buds. So...I put the adult dogs outside so that we could have her complete concentration, I grabbed Howie and held him up under his armpits and sat on the back of the couch. I'm sure you could guess what happened...
Tilly came around the corner, took one glance at me and Howie on the couch and bounded up there like an old pro. :lol: :lol: :lol: She did it for us several times last night. Josh and I were cracking up.
So, lesson learned. When all else fails, we will bait her with Howie. :lol:!:winkct:
We have tried EVERYTHING to get her to quit being a wimp and just make the little jump to get up there. She now stands much taller than the couch when she is on her back feet. It was time to be a big girl. We would put treats at the back of the couch...no. We would put a toy at the back of the couch...no. Josh and I would sit on the top of the back of the couch and squeak toys and call her...no. She would just put her front paws up and cry and cry. I bet our neighbors think we are nuts, jumping around on the couch squeaking dog toys with our dog crying at the top of her lungs on the floor.
Last night we had a break-through. Tilly has a soft spot in her heart for one thing in this world. Treats? Toys? Mommy and Daddy? Nope. Nope. Nope. Her true love is....HOWIE. :winkct: She absolutely loves that cat (and he loves her too). They are best buds. So...I put the adult dogs outside so that we could have her complete concentration, I grabbed Howie and held him up under his armpits and sat on the back of the couch. I'm sure you could guess what happened...
Tilly came around the corner, took one glance at me and Howie on the couch and bounded up there like an old pro. :lol: :lol: :lol: She did it for us several times last night. Josh and I were cracking up.
So, lesson learned. When all else fails, we will bait her with Howie. :lol:!:winkct: