When I was fostering, I especially liked taking in puppies. I was a stay-at-home mom, so why not! I have a nice deck to hang out on and a fairly decent sized yard. I always let the puppies learn on their own how to navigate the stairs. This meant having to carry them up and down for potty times. I didn't mind it at all.
It was a bark that has become known as the "MOM, I can't get to you!!" bark. It's very distinct from her other barks.
My mom's dogs were here one day and they were sleeping in the hallway. I stepped over them to go into another room. There goes the bark! She couldn't or wouldn't try and get past them on her own.
It comes in REAL handy though for those times she gets closed in a crate. She'll go into a crate on her own sometimes for sleep. One of the others will pass by and manage to swing the door closed. It's a little funny that she won't paw the crate door open, while at the same time, I'm glad for it. So she just uses her bark to alert me.
