On our snall motorhome, the steps are black and are open like most. After our older, larger dogs both passed away, we acquired a much smaller toy dog, who had been trained not to jump off of or onto anything, especially a grooming table. So, it turns out that he did not have any idea how to jump. With the bigger dogs, the steps were no problem at all, but ith this small one, he was totally clueless, even after we led him up the steps many times. Then I figured out the problem, that being very low, all he could see was the narrow edge of the steps!! We fixed the problem by putting reflective tape on the edges of the steps, and on the side of the rig at the top of the steps. Now, he can see the steps, and has no problem coming up them. Only problem is the clear screen door, which he bashed into when getting in a hurry. Put some tape on the bottom of it also.
