Dog Ramps
Our 8 yr old mix suddenly became really weak in the hind legs last weekend, could barely get up the stairs, and found it impossible to jump onto the rear seat of our Avalanche as he's done easily for ...
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SoundGuy wrote:Old-Biscuit wrote:
Laid it flat on ground and using leash had her walk on it from one end then turn around and walk back on it.
She didn't like walking on it at first...
After a few flat exposures she would go up/down it in the truck guided with a leash. Few more of those and then ramp was hers.
UPDATE: Not one to give up so easily I decided to give your trick a try - laid the ramp flat on the driveway beside the truck and with a leash tried to get my bud to walk on it. He hesitated initially so I let him give it the sniff test, then with a bit of guidance with the leash he started walking back and forth across the ramp. Next test was to prop it up on the truck ... go figure, he did it, albeit with a bit of a scramble the first time, 'til he figured out it was going to be just fine. He's now been up and down the ramp several times, in and out of the truck, so it looks like this may solve the problem after all. Thanks for the suggestion! :B
Glad to hear that a little guidance and encouragement worked.
They become so accumstomed to jumping in/out that that ramp thing is wrong and in the way.
