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03-31-2012, 11:07 AM | #16 |
♥Momma's Bambino♥ Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Ca
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| They are pretty good quality too! So lightweight. As long as you dont throw them around I am sure they can last forever!
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03-31-2012, 11:08 AM | #17 |
Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: West Columbia
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| LOL i won't! I feel like Ralph will like them? Either that or just like Pnut he will randomly just use them one day! |
03-31-2012, 11:18 AM | #18 |
♥Momma's Bambino♥ Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Ca
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| Well like a Yorkie, Poodles love to learn new things and they are so smart. So I know Ralph will get it and learn to love to be able to come and go as HE WANTS, without buggin Mommy!
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03-31-2012, 11:41 AM | #19 |
Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Edmond, Oklahoma
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| I was, looking at some at Petsmart, they were way more expensive there. I'm going to run over to CVS this weekend and pick up some if our local store has them
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03-31-2012, 01:20 PM | #20 |
I ♥ my girls! Donating Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: With My Yorkies
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| I have stairs for the girls to get on our bed. I got ours from Petco and I think they were $30 or $40 so $10 is a wwwwaaaaaayyyyyyy better deal!!! I never had to show either girl how to use them. It was just like they knew what to do! Lol. I guess they just really wanted on our bed!! Hee hee.
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03-31-2012, 01:26 PM | #21 |
Rosehill Yorkies Donating YT Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Houston Texas
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| My little female would get frightened going from step, up to step....so I got a foam ramp thing that is better for her...she can run up and down it easily, and not worry about loosing her balance as she tries to go up to each step, or down each step as well. It seemed if the steps had been a wider surface, she would have been able to master it without fear of falling. |
03-31-2012, 02:29 PM | #22 |
Donating YT 30K Club Member | All 4 of mine use stairs and ramps exclusively. Cali and Roxie were puppies when I brought them home and I trained them within an hour to only use them. I just used treats to teach them. They have never jumped off the bed or furniture. Pixie was 13 months when she came home and the others trained her right away to use them. Nikki was 14 plus when I brought him in and use to jumping on beds and couches but after a short time he started using them too. The one time pixie walked off the bed because Nikki scared her, she ended up needing LP surgery. She had never shown any issues with her knees prior. So I think it's best to train them to use stairs and ramps. Let us know how it goes.
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03-31-2012, 02:49 PM | #23 |
I ♥ Maci & Mojo Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Morris, IL, USA
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| One of the other members here posted about the stairs/ramps made by this ebay seller. Definitely more pricey than the CVS steps, but they look very sturdy. I haven't purchased from him yet, but I guess he'll customize the steps or ramps to your exact size requirements and offers some other customizable options. Mojo has some fairly significant LP (back knees are a 3 and a 4) which hasn't caused him much trouble yet, but I plan on ordering some ramps for him just to be proactive.
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03-31-2012, 02:58 PM | #24 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Florida
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| Sophie was trying to jump up on the couch and the bed and she just couldn't so I did a lot of searching for the right set of pet stairs and then finally ordered them from GW Little. It's three fleece covered stairs and she took to them right away and I move them to the bedroom at night and she figured that out pretty quickly too. I think they are called Pet Stairz and they were a bit expensive but we love them! Sophie has more freedom to come up and down as she wishes and we don't have to constantly worry about having to pick her up every five minutes. I think we are going to order another set for the bedroom just so that I don't have to keep moving them back and forth. Getting the stairs was one of the best things we ever did! |
03-31-2012, 06:06 PM | #25 |
Mom to 6 Beautiful Furkids Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Ohio
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| I have 3 sets of doggy stairs and all mine use them. Once you train them, they use them all the time. I have two plastic ones and one wooden one. The first stairs I got where the cheap plastic ones with fleece covering them for like $10. They aren't very tall. Unfortunately they didn't hold up long because my mom's border collie stepped on the first step and broke it. It works alright for a couch. The second pair I got from Petco for like $50. They are tall plastic with rug on them. They are sturdy and easy to clean. I have a high bed so the first pair of steps wasn't going to work for my bed but these ones come right up to it. My last pair is my favorite. They are wooden with carpet on the stairs. They look great, are sturdy yet lightweight, and they only cost me $25 at Big Lots. I'll have to get a picture sometime as they were a great find for being so nice and costing so little. They are also pretty good height wise.
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03-31-2012, 06:38 PM | #26 |
Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: West Columbia
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| I went to CVS and they didn't have them, but I am going to try a few other stores this week! Thanks for all the tips can't wait to get some stairs! I want some wooden ones but I can't find any at a good price, even wholesale I think they are too much so I am going to look at big lots, tj MAxx and marshalls if I can't get the 10 dollar ones at CVS |
03-31-2012, 07:15 PM | #27 |
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| [QUOTE=ralphthepoodle;3867985]I went to CVS and they didn't have them, but I am going to try a few other stores this week! Thanks for all the tips can't wait to get some stairs! I want some wooden ones but I can't find any at a good price, even wholesale I think they are too much so I am going to look at big lots, tj MAxx and marshalls if I can't get the 10 dollar ones at CVS[/QUOT I got those same cvs/fleece ones at Petco..... I think I paid $19.99. |
03-31-2012, 08:32 PM | #28 |
Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Ohio
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| The very first set we have for Jack, my husband constructed out of boxes and packing tape.... we upgraded to carpet covered ones and Jack flat out refuses to use them. He would rather jump up on the bed and jump off. We try to get him off the bed so he won't jump, but he's kind of stubborn when it comes to that and again, flat our refuses to use the stairs. We will be getting a new bed this summer and I plan on it being bigger than the one we currently have, so he will have to use the stairs for the new bed (our bed now is pretty low to the ground thank goodness). I always, always, always have my vet check him for LP and so far, so good.
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04-03-2012, 12:43 PM | #29 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Royal Palm Beach, Florida USA
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| I have two sets of steps, one for the couch and one for the bedroom, Ella loves them, FLYS up them...makes it easier on their backs. I got mine at Pet Smart for $25, but looks like the CVS steps are the same thing for half the price! The slip cover is washable too! |
04-03-2012, 06:52 PM | #30 |
Yorkie Yakker | Glad I found this thread. Our vet had an open house Saturday, with lots of door prizes. We received a call today saying we won the doggie steps. Yea Can't wait to get them and see if Christabel likes them. |
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