portscanner wrote:
Unfortunately, Claire is loosing her sight. She makes it around the S&B just fine - most the time.
I have blocked off the couch to keep her from jumping up on it (so she wont misjudge the distance going up or down and get hurt). I am going to spend a bit of time to make sure she learns the couch is unavailable to her any more.
I have a 14 year old who no longer sees very well either. He has seizures that are now under control without drugs.
The couch is his be all end all favorite place to sleep so I would not be so quick to block off the couch for your pup you can help her with that.
Here is what I have done to assist him and it works very well for him.
1. I ALWAYS leave a light on. Day and night.
2. I bought 2 different height hassocks and put them up against the couch. This gives him a two step up to the couch.
Once he learned this way of getting up to the couch I encouraged him to use it going down also.
Fast forward a couple of weeks and the old boy with disc problems, eyesight problems is running up and down his hassock ladder to get on and off the couch without any problems. Of course he feels secure sleeping there just like he did before he lost his eyesight and ability to get up on it. :C
