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Dog Ramp Plans
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Keep your body free of strain by letting your dog do the work.| Dogge Bridge™ * Holds up to a 175-lb dog * Weighs 26 lbs * 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. * Order Dogge Bridge™ Plans | Dogge Ramp™ * Holds up to a 115-lb dog * Weighs around 21 lbs * 18 x 72 inches* * Walkway is 15 inches * Rail is 1 inch high * Folds to 5 x 36 inches * Costs around USD 30, excluding finishing. * Order Dogge Ramp™ Plans |
**Note: These ramps can be made longer, up to 96 inches or 8 feet. This will increase the weight. To offset this, the ramps can be made narrower if your dog's width allows. Modification to a 16-inch wide ramp with a 13-inch walkway is included in the plans.
(Read on for testimonials and customizing the ramps.)
| DOGGE BRIDGE™ TESTIMONIALS Here's what Mike Pederson of Brunswick, Georgia, had to say about these 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.
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| DOGGE RAMP™ TESTIMONIALS 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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