Moved house, dog now trying to come upstairs - how best to train her not to?

[RoyTucker]

Dog is 4 and as a pup was trained not to come upstairs. We have moved house and she started coming up. We put a stair gate in as a temp measure but I really don't want it in place long term as stairs are narrow. But if the gate is left open or removed she's up like a shot. Gets told off (stern No!) and sent down but will be back up within minutes.

If I praise her when she goes down will that work, or does it turn into "I went up then down then got praised so going up is a good thing" as a thought process in her mind?!

Any ideas please?!

When she comes up to the stairs, is it to see you or is it to do something else? If it's just to go see you, you could try ignoring her and she might learn that you do not give her attention upstairs but you do when she's downstairs, so downstairs is the best place to be!

Oh how great it would be to speak dog!

watching with interest as my 5 year old dog who has never once been upstairs came up the other night in the middle of the night and has continued to come up at every opportunity. I came home from work to find her on our bed. We have started to barracade the stairs buut it is a pain.

MostAmused, it's both whe we're around, so wanting to. Be with us, it any other time. Someone left the gate open the other day and when I came back after an hour, I found her fast asleep on a chair upstairs.