Dante still prefers to jump steps. We have a deck with about 4 steps going up (it's a good 3 feet off the ground) and he chooses to jump onto the deck, but will usually (thankfully!) take the stairs down or run to the other end of the deck that is just a bit off the ground and go down. We built the stairs wider for him last summer, but he still face plants on them on his way up. 

One thing I have learned that it is INCREDIBLY hard to keep a puppy from the 'explosive' exercise they are supposed to avoid. Like, really nearly impossible. I think more so for us because we also have Dante's sibling Mina (crazy puppy herself) and another dog who likes to play. It might be easier if he were our only dog. Our of the three he is the  most hyper and crazy too. I pretty much spend my time chasing the dogs down, hollering at them to stop throwing themselves in their air at each other and slamming into things at full speed ahead. Dante also, unfortunately, isn't very smart. My girls will stop on a dime and listen REALLY well when given commands. Dante is a verrry slow learner and we're still working on things like 'stop' and 'enough' with him. A year ago I was worried he would never adapt. Now I'm pretty sure he would've been an uncontrollable terror if he had all 4 legs. My only saving grace is that he gets tired fairly quickly!