Stairs, opinionated pups, flying with eagles - Nurhan's take

Nurhan's take:

Finally got him to stretch out so I could measure him from the tip of his tail to his nose... he's now 2 m (79 inches) long... intention wasn't to measure him, intention was to put meat on every step to try and get him to come up the stairs. This is as far as he got. His right back paw, was tempted to go up onto the next step, but this is as high as it, and he got! Any suggestions for how to get ~ 67 kgs (148 lbs) of opinionated, 11 month old 'puppy' up/down the stairs would be gratefully received!

'Crashing' out on the back door step he shares with Karma, main difference is that Karma was never as opinionated as Kin is:

Here he is looking in through the window wondering why, 'his human', is dallying and hasn't yet opened the back door, at his command!

Notice the use of resources so he can keep tabs on what's going on! 

Here he's decided that he doesn't want to go where I want to go... he's discovered that he can't out run me so he's laying down under a tree and no amount of pulling on the lead has any affect... an opinionated puppy is a terrible thing (when his opinions differ from your own!!!). The red bit under the lead is a red cycle light, he has a white one on the other side. These little LED lights are great for keeping track of where he is when it's dark (and as with boats/planes, having the different colours you can tell which way he's moving - always handy if you are chasing after him!).

I thought he had wet exceema on the top of his hind quarters; this is a strange place to have this. I've now figured out what it was. Temperature has dropped here, we've already had snow up in the hills, many folk have swapped over to piggdekk (metal studded tyres - in winter almost everyone in Norway swaps tyres from summer to winter, not by law but your insurance is worded such that you should have the appropriate tyres on your car for the conditions). This means that I've been using my fire, which is right next to the back door, and despite my efforts, Kin has a habit of leaning against the stove, whilst waiting to go out. I think he's realised that I don't want him there but about a month ago he was leaning on it; he seems not to notice, and I make it very clear that he shouldn't do this. On this occasion he was very wet. I think that he was burnt, but because he was so damp the affected area was not permanently damaged, but whilst it's repairing itself the regeneration seems very similar to wet exceema, looks healthy now but obviously itches as he keeps presenting this area to me to be scratched (which is how I discovered it). He doesn't lean on the fire now, but I think this is more to keep me happy than he realises that this is potentially dangerous.

 Snoozing is a major past time, especially if he can do it wrapped around furniture!

And contrary to how this looks his lips aren't stuck to the floor by suction.

The gap in between the tiles breaks the suction!

He's enjoy outdoor pursuits, here he is on a climbing trip, although (as with the stairs) he chose not to climb. Dina was using him as a foot warmer at one point (from top to bottom, Dina, Kin, Mel, & May).

And talking of climbing the below picture is of Jostein clawing around trying to get some lift and it's such a fantastic pic that I had to include it:

Jostein flying with an eagle at JHPGK's main flying sight. Picture is taken by Robert Oedegaard and full version of photos can be seen at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/robertoedegaard/6225498671/in/photostream/
but what an awesome photo and experience! (Only incredible jealous!)