Dog Charmer by Tom Shelby
My Yorkie won't go upstairs

Hi, Mr. Shelby:
I recently adopted a sweet little nine-year old Yorkie named Abbey from Susquehanna SPCA. She speeds up my front and back porch steps with no problem, but refuses to climb the 15 steps to my upper floor sleeping quarters (both hers and mine!)

Come to find out, her previous owner had a one-floor home, and when they often visited the owner’s sister’s home, Abbey was prohibited from going up the stairs to the second floor. She apparently was trained well to stay on the first floor. Fortunately, a few years ago, we had a stair lift installed. So, now I give Abbey a ride up at night and down in the morning, with her shaking all the way. I think our choices are: