"THE" stairs

"A".....okay, so what if I was afraid of the stairs right at first? Who wouldn't be?? They are so big compaired to my size. Think about it, they were all at my tummy and I had to put alot of effort into jumping up without falling backwards.

This is a picture mom had from my first few days here at the home. Dollie is a show off, of course. She learned to do the stairs in the first real try. I sort of got up two steps and whined......it worked too! Dad would pick me up and take me inside. I liked that special attention. hehehehe

But then, darn if the humans didn't outsmart me. Mom came back out one time, and MADE me go up the steps.....
she was behind me, and put each of my paws up, one at a time and got me to climb the steps on my own. She kept telling me what a good pugger I am and that I was a big boy for doing the stairs all by myself. It worked! The very next time we all went outside, I came up them.......without any help! That was a good day for me.

I wonder, do you think they will ever expect me to go DOWN those darn things?? That looks even harder and scarier than learning to go up! Maybe they won't think about it.......do you think??