My Dog Won T Walk On Hard Floors

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My dog won t walk on hard floors.

Common conditions in senior dogs such as arthritis thyroid disease hip dysplasia and cushing s may contribute to difficulty navigating slippery surfaces. Your best friend in helping your dog walk over slippery surfaces is slow movement and relaxation. Help dog all of a sudden afraid to walk on hardwood floors hi my just over 1yr old standard poodle has all of a sudden become afraid of walking on hardwood flooring. For elderly dogs underlying medical conditions could be the root cause of his or her reluctance to rise and walk on hardwood floors.

You start by just clicking the clicker and tossing her a treat immediately afterward toss the treat to her do not toss the treat on the hardwood all you are doing at this point is teaching her that the click means food is coming her way. They also protect your dog s pads on hot pavement. If your dog has problems walking on the slippery surface and falls a lot this may be why she tries to avoid it. Some dogs look like they are trying to walk on an ice rink.

She touches the floor with her paws f. You should trim the fur between your dog s pads before applying the non slip traction pads. Fact is going fast and tensing up reduces traction considerably and the more the dog loses traction the more it will panic. It started a few days ago with timid steps and now he all together avoids them.

For some resaon she does not like the hard wood floors in the house. Try to invite your dog on the slippery area with treats but only when he is calmer and most likely to go slow. It s understandable that they would try to avoid walking on a surface that makes them fall all the time. Has no other problems with her paws inside or outside.

My dog won t walk on carpet but will walk on laminate or hardwood floors. I ve had hard wood floors for years and while it took him a few days to get used to them in the first place now he s terrified to walk across again. You see if your dog s nails are too long your dog will place weight on the nails when walking instead of his toe pads. You should sit a few feet away from the dog on the hardwood floor you re not trying to lure her you re demonstrating that the floor is safe and you are providing her with a target to look at i e.