My boston terrier/shih tzu mix always needs something on the floor if he’s going to jump up on to something like the bed or couch. It was funny before when he would use his bed as a ‘launchpad’ to get on ours, but now we’re in a bigger house where there’s not always something available and it’s a little concerning. Sometimes he’ll literally just sit there and whine until we put something on the floor that he can jump off of. Is there something wrong with him? Why does he keep doing this?

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He’s probably just not confident that he can jump that high. Once he does it on his own, he should be fine. It’s normal for dogs to be anxious about things like that, especially if he has experienced missing a jump in the past. The floor could also be slippery?