Dog ramp suggestions

[Matthew Abrams]

We have a 12 y/o Rhodesian Ridgeback who is having difficulty jumping into the back of our Expy Max now. Has anyone bought a pet ramp? And if so, which one?
Appreciate any recommendations.

 

[MxRacer965]

Our dog refused to use a ramp. It was a worthless purchase. I just pick our 12 YO 80lb lab up and set her in. Our 1 year old lab jumps in no problem. They both jump out.

 

[Rob6805]

Our dog refused to use a ramp. It was a worthless purchase. I just pick our 12 YO 80lb lab up and set her in. Our 1 year old lab jumps in no problem. They both jump out.

Same. I bought a ramp for our senior Golden and she refused to walk up it. I ended up just picking her up too. After a while she would just stand by the back and wait to he hoisted into the truck.

 

[Matthew Abrams]

Our dog refused to use a ramp. It was a worthless purchase. I just pick our 12 YO 80lb lab up and set her in. Our 1 year old lab jumps in no problem. They both jump out.

thanks. Our guy is not a fan of me picking him up and my wife can’t pick him up. What ramp did you try?

 

[MxRacer965]

thanks. Our guy is not a fan of me picking him up and my wife can’t pick him up. What ramp did you try?

I tried steps since I figured that would be most familiar to her. She wanted nothing to do with it!

Upgraded Nonslip Car Dog Steps,... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08251YMJK?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

 

[BrianF]

WeatherTech is far and away the best and most user-friendly dog ramp. I tried a cheap one off amazon that was flimsy and the dog wouldn't use. You get what you pay for with these (plus, they are made in USA if that stuff matters to you).
https://www.weathertech.com/all/201...fAX-u2nzn4dQqZkzKe15RHPvNKz-Iic0aAjqrEALw_wcB

 

[Charlie Vretis]

Weathertech for sure. We had others and not as good. I would suggest this one as it gives the pup a mid way stopping point.

https://www.weathertech.com/easyramp/

 

[aggiegrad05]

Couple threads here with some good suggestions:

https://www.expeditionforum.com/threads/large-senior-dog-loading-help.43662/

 

[zoey2015]

I’ve been using a Petstep folding ramp for our two GSDs for 5 years now. It looks similar to the WeatherTech. I bought it on Craigslist from a guy who used it to load his DJ gigs. It took me about 3 minutes for a couple of up/down for each of the two dogs. Both GSDs have strong food and toy drives and I used food to lead and encourage them. After that, they go on the ramp happily.

 

[StealthyBulldog]

Here is a thread I started when we first got our Expy with our Ridgebacks, the steps definitely are the best, especially from a storage side! I did really like our telescopic ramp, much better than our tri-fold ramp we first ordered years ago

https://www.expeditionforum.com/threads/expys-and-dogs.41414/