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01-16-2009, 11:31 AM | #1 |
YT Addict Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Indiana
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| Do any of you have doggy stairs? Bentley jumos onto and off of our bed all the time. I feel bad for Houston because he isnt a jumper and it is a high bed. I dont want them to have health issues from jumping later in there life so I guess my qiestion is... Do you have doggy stairs? If so do you have the foam or wood kind? Do they use them? thanks! |
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01-16-2009, 11:36 AM | #2 |
Love my lil' Stinker <3 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Central Coast, CA
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| We do!! My Fiance actually made them for Mia before we brought her home. Mainly because we wanted her to learn to use her stairs to go potty at night and early morning and also because the bed is too high. He made them out of wood, and then covered them with carpet that would go well with our room.
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01-16-2009, 11:36 AM | #3 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: hannacroix,ny
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| I bought wooden stairs and "Widget" will not get off the bed without climbing down them. I originally bought the foam ones but my bigger dogs were unsure of them so got them wooden ones that are fully carpeted. Well worth the money I paid to prevent any broken bones. |
01-16-2009, 11:40 AM | #4 |
Gina, (Lexi's Mommy) Donating Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: LONG ISLAND,NY
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| Adjustable Pet Steps and Pet Utility products. Collections Etc.: Almost everything $19.99 or less! i have these at my b/f's house and for my house i made lexi somthing to jump up on.. just a small black crate covered with the sham that matches my breadspread.. so it all blends together.. she jumps on that and then on my bed.. very easy
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01-16-2009, 11:41 AM | #5 |
Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: With my yorkies
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| I have wooden ones in the bedroom and the living room to help prevent jumping injuries. Mine won't go up or down without them. I don't recommend the foam ones as they've been known to cause twisted knees & ankles as well as other injuries. Also, Petsmart and Petco have a hard plastic set that is tall enough for most beds. If I didn't already have mine, I would try these. Also, my vet told me that jumping UP onto furniture is actually harder on the knees and legs than jumping DOWN. Good luck!
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01-16-2009, 11:43 AM | #6 |
YT Addict Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Indiana
Posts: 306
| thank you everyone. I think valentines day we will be getting some wooden ones for the boys! I appreciate all the help! |
01-16-2009, 11:49 AM | #7 |
Furbutts = LOVE Donating Member Moderator | I use the ones from Walgreens ($10) - one for our bed, one for the sofa. Wylie doesn't use them, but Marcel has to.
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01-16-2009, 11:53 AM | #8 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Tallahassee, Florida
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| We got pet stairs from my mom, who'd had them for our senior poodle that passed a year ago. We thought it'd be perfect because she's not a jumper (at all) and can't jump up the couch on her own. (That and Zoe LOVES the staircase in our house, it's her favorite toy ) Anyway, it took some bribing but Zoe realized they were stairs she could use to get on to the couch. As crazy as this will sound though she won't go up the pet stairs, only down them! Last edited by mblab; 01-16-2009 at 11:55 AM. |
01-16-2009, 11:56 AM | #9 |
"Owned" by Miss Tricksie Donating Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Riverview, FL
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| I have always had them since Tricksie was a baby, she doesn't need them now but uses them when she is lazy.
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01-16-2009, 12:01 PM | #10 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member | I think we've got the same ones...."As seen on TV". They work just fine, except I want to get the extra step you can buy that goes with them. They are a little short for our bed (my DH made a set for that) but, they do work great for our couch and in hotel rooms.
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01-16-2009, 12:23 PM | #11 |
Donating YT 2000 Club Member | Yep, Jaxon has some in our bedroom to get up & down! he uses them all the time! They are plastice with berber cover-you can take off and wash or vacuum! Kay
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01-16-2009, 12:29 PM | #12 |
Donating YT 4000 Club Member | yes, we have the plastic frame with the sheep skin cover too.. and Harry uses them all the time and now Prada is learning to use them too.. they are very good.. hugs, cArmen in nj |
01-16-2009, 12:32 PM | #13 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Myrtle Beach,SC
Posts: 697
| Custom-made Wooden/Suede & Foam covered Stairs I have a very high Queen size Bed, and all 3 of my Yorkies use Stairs that were custom-made by my BF. the are made of wood that was covered with foam padding and a washable suede material. He also cut a Doorway in the shape of a "Mouse" hole the leads to a cozy space underneath where I put a small mattress and blanket all 3 can sqeeze in but usually Artie or Abigail will sleep/nap in there. I covered the Doorway w/a Yorkie Garden Flag that I glued into place w/some Fabric glue and a couple of stiches of thread. It was worth the extra work. I figure if I have to look at it, I might as well like it!
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01-16-2009, 12:39 PM | #14 |
YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Georgia
Posts: 4,566
| Yes, we actually have 2 sets, one with three steps and one with four. The 3 step is for the bed, the 4 is for the window. The 3 step had to be assembled (extremely easy); however, the 4 step is one piece. Prince uses both every day. We practiced with him so he would know how to use them and he loves them!! |
01-16-2009, 12:43 PM | #15 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Oak Ridge, TN
Posts: 36
| Absolutely! I have one "jumper" and one who wouldn't think of it! |
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