October 23rd

October 23rd, 2010

The basement has carpet again. We are so thrilled. I immediately started moving everything out of its hiding place and back into the living space so that we could enjoy spending time down there again.

Sawyer though has not had reason to go down to the basement since we got him because it has been closed off waiting to be fixed almost the entire time. It is now clear that he is afraid of the stairs. So while we hung out in the basement most of the day he sat at the top of the stairs looking lonely.

I tried really hard to help him come down the stairs. I enticed him with very tasty treats. But the furthest I could get him to come was to put a paw on the top stair and then stretch his neck to reach my hand. If I pulled further than that he stepped back and barked at me.

Silly dog. He will need to learn to come downstairs at some point... otherwise he will miss out on a lot of family fun!