Folding doggie steps.

Had a little wood left over from the shelf project. Sammy's hips, 70 lb lab/hound, are getting bad and is having a hard time get in and out of the vehicles. Here's what I came up with - Doggie folding steps 8 inch rise, 8 inch tread. 1/4 inch steel for the pull pins. The pins also lightly lock the legs in place when folded- wasn't planning on that it just kinda happened. They do not look that pretty but should do the job. Most likely I will stand them on the side front to back for easy access when we have to make doggie pit stops.

 

Nice, where's the hound?

 

Ya pics of the doggy...Steps look fine to me...

 

Here's one from a few years ago. Spring time about 10 miles south of Myrtle. I think we were out for her morning walk. She's the same size but starting to lighten like older dogs do. We think she is about 10 now. I'll have to take some updated pictures...

 

We did a few trial runs yesterday. Worked OK but is going to take a while for here to get used to. We have a harness that has a handle on top so it was easier to guide her.

 

i need those for my pug (avatar on left for pic) to get on the bed at night. We had this older bed, he jumped up just fine because it was lower. These new beds are 4 miles high. In fact i think my wife could get use out of these steps too!
He wakes us up multiple times a night now. Turns out he jumps down just fine but cant get back in.

yes he sleeps in our bed, but he is fairly good about it, only sleeping at the foot of the king size bed. we hardly notice him there.

 

Mine ended up 32ish" long and 24ish" wide - was shooting for something like an 8/12 pitch - 33.75 degrees. It was almost there- ended up cutting off the sharp points on the top and bottom of the rails.

For a pug- Bear with me I'm not a carpenter but think if the specs were changed to a 9/12 pitch at 37 degrees with 4 steps with a 6 inch step and rise they should end up the same length. 1 x 6 the whole way around may do the job.