Dog Ramp Plans
for Cars or Boats

Use our dog ramp plans to help your dog reach new and old heights!

Build A Dog Ramp: Increase Your Joy - Decrease Your Stress

  • Keep your body free of strain by letting your dog do the work
  • Create a happy dog who can still come along for the ride...
  • Help your older dog retain dignity and independence
  • Save money to buy other stuff for your dog!
Dogge Bridge™
  • Holds up to a 175-lb dog
  • Weighs 26 lbs
  • Dimensions: 18 x 72 inches
  • Walkway is 15 inches
  • Rail is 2 inches high
  • Folds to 8 x 36 inches
  • Costs around USD 35, excluding finishing materials and carpet.
  • Click here to order a set of Dogge Bridge Plans


Here's what Mike Pederson of Brunswick, Georgia, has to say about the Dogge Bridge™ dog ramp plans:
I found the instructions for this homemade dog ramp very complete and the project was easy to do. I used glue and screws and carpeted the ramp. I use it for my dog to get on my boat. I would recommend this project to others.

Mike Hendee from Alaska also has a Dogge Bridge™ story and photo. Note how he added some touches of his own:
My dog is a Chesapeake Bay Retriever and her name is Nula. She injured her shoulder so I use the ramp I built to let her out of the truck. I loaned it to a friend whose dog just had knee surgery. He may order a set of plans as well.



Dogge Ramp™

  • Holds up to a 115-lb dog
  • Weighs around 20 lbs
  • Dimensions: 18 x 72 inches
  • Walkway is 15 inches; rail is 1 inch high
  • Folds to 5 x 36 inches
  • Costs around USD 30 for plywood, lumber, hinges, excluding carpeting.
  • Click here to order a set of Dogge Ramp™ Plans
    • Note: Plans include a modification for a 16-inch wide ramp with a 13-inch walkway. (Narrower ramp is even lighter in weight, but just as strong)

    Pictured at right is Kelsey (95 lbs) of Albuquerque, who is testing an 18-inch wide Dogge Ramp™.

    This is what Joseph Bates of Idaho Falls, Idaho, wrote us after being the Dogge Ramp™ plans winner in June 2008:
    I think that is a great design, very simple but the plans are very detailed. Even having 2 left thumbs as I do, :) this should give me no problems.

    In Dec 2009, we heard from Jim Garratt of Toronto, Canada:
    Harley the 11.5 yr.old golden uses the ramp every day to get into the hatch of our Suzuki SX4. I did modify the dog ramp plans to use all of the 4 ft of the plywood which gave a total ramp length of 8 ft. I would recommend your plans; they were easy to use

    We also recently heard from Tom Barrett of Waconia, Minnesota:
    Here’s a picture of Zoey, our 3 yr old miniature labradoodle. The main reason I built the homemade dog ramp was to get her to stay in the boat. Hopefully next summer we can train her to stay in the boat so I can take her fishing with me.

    It was great having the ramp this summer. She used it every time we went out in the boat with her. It took a little while to get her to use it (she was too used to us pulling her in the boat).

    Everyone driving around the lake that saw me using it commented how it was such a good idea.

    If I was to do it again, I would stretch the plan to make it an 8’ ramp instead of 6’, so the angle isn’t so great for her to get started up the ramp. I used outdoor carpeting on the entire ramp so she can grab onto it and it works well.



    CUSTOMIZE YOUR DOG RAMP

    Ramps can be built narrower or wider than specified, depending on the needs of your dog.

    Also, after you build one of these portable dog ramps, you or a family member can add personalized touches, such as painting it in the colors you choose; applying stain and varnish; carving or painting your dog’s name on the sides; routing the rails to make fancier edges; and more.

    The above photo shows Shadow, a Canadian visitor, using the Dogge Ramp™ like a pro after we created the dog ramp plans.

    A big THANK YOU to Joanne and John, and Fran and Harvey for allowing us to borrow their dogs for the ramp pictures!

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