Are dogs afraid of Heights?

i think the answear would be yes some dogs can be afraid of heights , and some are not lust like poeple dogs are all different with different personalitys .. i think my dog would be afriad of heights , but she will jump off the bed .. but i also see other dogs ride on the back of trucks thur town.. so not all dogs are alike some are afraid and some are not... good question

I don't think it's fear of heights as much as your dog has a different depth perception than you do. I have a mini dachshund. He can go up the stairs but he, like your dog, cannot go down the stairs. At first, I thought he was just afraid but I talked to a trainer about it. She explained to me that dogs don't see things like a set of stairs the same way we do. She said that rather than seeing each individual step, my dog is almost seeing them like a slide. She made me understand that he is hesitating because he's not seeing that he can step down one by one. I'm sure your dog will be trained to do the stairs soon enough :) Time and patience are usually the best thing. As for heights, my dog isn't afraid to jump down from the couches or chairs... but I do have to be careful that he doesn't jump from anything too high because with dachshunds it's important to watch their backs.

I think some dogs are afraid of height. I have seen that some dogs would not go to the end of the wall when they are in the heights because they might be afraid of dogs. I think may when you walk him couple of times on the stairs he will be feeling better and experience is the best thing that teaches us to do better in life even for animals.

Mine was not....in fact I got called at my second job one night because he was out on the roof of our porch barking as people went by...when the police showed up he would go back in. One of the kids had forgotten to close the window...and he was smart enough to go in when the police showed up!