the floor!
The laminant floors, to be exact. The scaredy cat is Skuttles, our 2 yr old lab/aussie shep mix. I love her to death and she's such a sweetie...but she's really not the sharpest knife in the drawer.
We've had hardwood laminant floors in the family room ever since she was a puppy and we tore up the carpet in the living room last year so she's used to them. But last week, DH let her out of her (and the other 4) out of their crates in the morning and during their normal mad dash for the front door, Skuttles' feet apparently slid out from under her and she took quite a tumble. She wasn't hurt..wasn't even limping and played outside like nothing was wrong.
But now, in the mornings she makes the mad dash with the other dogs....to the bedroom door (bedroom is still carpeted), which is about 5 ft. And stops. Then VERY gingerly walks across the wood floors one foot at a time, whining the whole way. Once she gets to the dining room, which has linoleum, it's another 10 ft mad dash to the living room. Again, she stops, and does the ginger tippy toe thing (complete with more whining), until she gets to the front door! It's the funniest thing!!
(Picture Bambi when he is trying to walk on ice in the movie)
It's only in the morning too. When they come in after their morning potty, she goes tearing around the house like normal and she's fine for the rest of the day. Then the next morning it's the same thing.
We really thought she'd get over this by now. We could understand the first few days, but it's been over a week now. Do you think I have to do anything to help her over this, or will that happen all by itself.
We've had hardwood laminant floors in the family room ever since she was a puppy and we tore up the carpet in the living room last year so she's used to them. But last week, DH let her out of her (and the other 4) out of their crates in the morning and during their normal mad dash for the front door, Skuttles' feet apparently slid out from under her and she took quite a tumble. She wasn't hurt..wasn't even limping and played outside like nothing was wrong.
But now, in the mornings she makes the mad dash with the other dogs....to the bedroom door (bedroom is still carpeted), which is about 5 ft. And stops. Then VERY gingerly walks across the wood floors one foot at a time, whining the whole way. Once she gets to the dining room, which has linoleum, it's another 10 ft mad dash to the living room. Again, she stops, and does the ginger tippy toe thing (complete with more whining), until she gets to the front door! It's the funniest thing!!
It's only in the morning too. When they come in after their morning potty, she goes tearing around the house like normal and she's fine for the rest of the day. Then the next morning it's the same thing.
We really thought she'd get over this by now. We could understand the first few days, but it's been over a week now. Do you think I have to do anything to help her over this, or will that happen all by itself.