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LindaAnn
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Mar 28, 2019

Trailer steps and Dog

I haven't been on this site in a while. We had a motorhome in the past, but sold it.
We recently bought a smaller travel trailer. And since we sold the motorhome, we have adopted 2 dogs from the local shelter. Sadie is a 22 pound terrier mix (white with a black circle around one eye) and Cruiser is a 50 pound mix (blonde). We lost our little dog Prissy that we used to travel with.

Sadie has no problem using the steps to the trailer, but Cruiser refuses. I have tried everything...I don't know if it's because the steps are not stationary or because there are gaps between the steps.

I wonder if he would use a ramp of some kind. I would appreciate any suggestions.
Thanks,
LindaAnn

23 Replies

  • We had a dog that wouldn't climb the Steele till we put carpet on them.
  • Our last two adopted rescue Goldens (RIP) both had hip and hind leg issues. We bought a plastic telescoping ramp for our first one. But she did not like the slick thin carpet like surface. Bought a Petstep folding ramp. Much more sturdy and non slip surface. She quickly got accustom to that and used it with no problem. The second Golden, adopted later, used it with no problem either.

    Also used it to get in/out of my truck back seat and DW’s Expy.
  • try no steps at all ... how old is the dog? lab should be able to handle a ~2ft vertical jump