Doggie stairs?

**Scooter's Mom** · 12-31-2011, 03:18 PM

Does anyone know where I could find a set of doggie stairs for my sweet Jadie? Our bed in the master bedroom is so high and she has always has trouble jumping onto it, but as she's beginning to age, she is just having more problems. I'd like to get her a set of doggie stairs that won't break the bank (since it's pretty non-existent LOL) but will allow her the freedom of getting up and down at will.

I thought I'd ask here because y'all would know the best places, for good quality at good prices.

Thanks!

**Freedom** · 12-31-2011, 03:22 PM

Crystal, make your own! Very inexpensive, and quite easy. I posted plans and made some which Tasha uses constantly, here:

http://petoftheday.com/talk/showthre...ghlight=stairs

**Scooter's Mom** · 12-31-2011, 03:44 PM

Did you end up covering yours with fabric or anything?

**Karen** · 12-31-2011, 04:15 PM

You may be able to get carpet scraps free or inexpensively if there's a big carpet place nearby, and as she's pretty light, maybe even stacking some cardboard boxes and fixing them together (duct tape!) and covering the tops with the carpet scraps will work.

**robinh** · 12-31-2011, 05:14 PM

We tried stairs for ours and they wouldn't use them. My SO built ramps up to the beds. They use them like a raceway and love them.

**Freedom** · 12-31-2011, 05:50 PM

I never did cover mine, no. I do find a few bits now and then, nothing major.

I don't think a cardboard box will work; once the dog gets used to the stairs, they really jump and bounce, bounding up and down rapidly! Tasha is 15 pounds and no way I'd trust her on cardboard. Not sure how much Jadie is.