Solvit PupSTEP Plus Pet Stairs

(as of 25/04/2010 02:14 - more info)

$72 $56

Listed Under: Doors, Gates & Ramps

An attractive, affordable way to help your pet reach her favorite napping placeSafety siderails let your pet climb with confidenceIdeal for small or medium-size dogsNo assembly requiredSupports over 1..read more

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Solvit’s PupSTEP + Plus pet stairs are an economical way to help pets reach their favorite places.

5 Reviews

  1. Dr. L. M. Wangberg says:
    April 22, 2010 at 12:00 am

    I purchased this for ‘older dogs’ who have trouble getting up on beds and sofas. They don’t readily understand how to use it. I may yet get them trained but it is a struggle. This is a good product but will have more success with a young dog being trained.

  2. Tiny's Mom says:
    April 4, 2010 at 12:00 am

    Didn’t take long to train Tiny to use the stairs. He is blind in one eye and needed help getting on and off my bed. With a night light to help illuminate the PupSTEP, Tiny has no problems navigating now.

  3. CAT says:
    April 23, 2010 at 12:00 am

    I really like these pet stairs because they are nice looking, light weight, and foldable for storage. My bed is fairly high, and I purchased them for my 8 yr old 6 lb. toy poodle who recently had a back injury, and I didn’t want her jumping off the bed. I would not recommend these for all but the smallest animals, as each step is pretty shallow. My dog was scared of them at first, because the plastic is noisy as she goes up and down, but I put a treat on each step and coaxed her up and down repeatedly, with lots of cheering and “yay, good girl!” to make a game of it, and she did get used to it. At first she RAN up the stairs (still a little scared of them) and went down slowly, but often jumping past the last step or two. But after about a week, she seemed very confident on them–actually seems to like them. So, while these worked for me, I really think that most dogs would be better off with deeper steps with a more solid feel to them. This design would be improved by having fewer but deeper steps, and carpet covering the risers as well as the step.

    Bottom line–if your pet is small or lightweight, and either easily adapts to new things, or you are patient about helping them get used to them and allow enough time, you may like these.

  4. R. Munson says:
    April 24, 2010 at 12:00 am

    I purchased these steps for my 9 lb weiner dog after getting tired of lifting her to my bed. For her, they work great – except for a little sliding action on my wood floors. Her 20 lb weiner dog buddy came over last weekend and cracked one of the legs.

    If you have a small dog who does not exceed whatever the weight limit is, I would recommend this product. The material they provide to apply to the steps (sticker-like) muffles the noise my small dog would normally make on the hard plastic surface of the steps. I can hardly hear her coming up the steps.

    Over-all, this is a good product for the money as long as a larger dog does not have the opportunity to test the strength – this is for small dogs only.

  5. Lisa Jacobsen says:
    April 24, 2010 at 12:00 am

    My dog, Stevie, went up the stairs just fine if there was a treat waiting at the top…however, using them on her own was a different story. She would sniff at them and seemed to be scared of them. My sister had just purchased similar stairs, and I asked her for training tips. She suggested draping something soft, like a towel or blaket, over the entire staircase, and also putting bits of dog foot on each step. It worked like a charm! I think that Stevie didn’t like the little patches of “carpet” that come with the stairs; either that or she didn’t like the plastic parts. Now she is using them all the time! Great purchase, considering how inexpensive and convenient the product is.

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