DIY Pet Stairs

If you  read my last blog post about adopting my puppy Bexar you read about how we rescued him from the shelter. As he's grown bigger we've noticed he has a limp when he walks and can't jump very well. He has a large scar on his inner leg from a previous injury. He loves to cuddle in bed but unfortunately he's gotten too heavy for me to lift.

 My finance Johnathan and I went looking for some pet stairs to put at the end of our bed so Bexar is able to easily climb up. We checked several stores and couldn't find any so we decided to take the weekend to build our own.

We measured the height the bed to determine how tall we would make our stairs. Then Johnathan designed them on the computer using his engineering program software. By designing them on the program he knew exactly how many pieces of wood we needed and what size to get them cut to. We headed to home depot and picked up our wood, sand paper, paint brushes, nails, and wood stain. 

 Johnathan got started on the project right away and sanded down all of the wood pieces. He then nailed them together piece by piece until the steps were constructed. I mostly watched through this process, I'm not very good with a hammer and nails but I was ready when it was time to stain.

 We stained three coats, letting each layer dry for an hour before starting the next.

 The final product looked better than either of us thought it would and it was a lot of fun to make too. Bexar was unsure of the stairs at first but after about a week he figured them out and now he runs up and down all day!