I got my wonderful girls, Blue and Blondie, as older dogs with health problems. Since they moved to my home in 2006, the aging process has added difficulties with their back legs to the mix. No problem, I thought, as I cheerfully plunked down more money than I’m willing to admit on stairs they could use to climb into bed or into the car. They didn’t like the stairs and reacted towards approaching them as they would if I were leading them to the guillotine. So when a friend offered her stairs which her dog wouldn’t use but which were a little wider, I figured what the heck. I’d try them. It was Marie Antoinette and the chopping block all over again.
So I’ve gotten used to having Blue put her front legs up on the seat and making a cup out of my hands around her butt and giving her a shove up. But Blondie, at 61 lbs., is not as easy to do and has a distinct issue with my hands on her butt.
So there we were at an impasse. Hundreds of dollars worth of stairs being ignored and me needing to get Blondie to the vet. That’s when I spied the box my iMac came in. It’s a big, wide and not too deep box that is surprisingly sturdy. I put it on the ground in front of the open car door, put my foot against the side to steady it and Blondie took to it like a champ. Right into the car. Uses it to get out too. Like the queen getting out of her carriage by stepping on the little platform.
So thank you Apple. Your computer is amazing and your box goes with me everywhere now. Two for the price of one.
BTW – anyone want to buy some pet stairs cheap?