Oh also, despite my dogs’ great weight and body size, my small girl still went down in the back last winter. Dachshunds are STUBBORN and INDEPENDENT, and even though we keep gates on the stairs and ramps by the bed, she still jumped and ran – and it caught up with her. She’s almost 100% after surgery 6 months ago, but it was an expensive journey. Looking back, other than carrying her everywhere, there’s really no way we could have prevented it – doxies go their own way.
Good luck with the training and try to minimize the factors that you know will contribute to problems, and deal with the problems when they occur 😉
