I suggest that tamed wolves not die from falling damage. It hasn't happened to mine yet, but if they slip from my house they are gonners. Or maybe have them "sneaking" so they can't hop off stairs so easily.
Mojang should make it so that if you right click with a bare hand or tool that the wolf will go that way, and sit. Then, they should add some code that makes them not fall down, and be a waste of bones.
LMAO.
seriously, that's the worst about these redundant threads.
and hopefully part of their not being stupid will involve not teleporting in front of you when you're about to jump across a death-pit. Or ever.