Another dog ramp design

Our dog ain't getting any younger and has recently had a few falls on the stairs so I was ordered to sort out a ramp for him asap. I looked around youtube for some ideas and its such a great resource for DIYers. So as I benefited from those who have gone before I thought I would put my ramp on here also.
The object of course is to minimise cost, maximise benefit to the dog but also not make it a permanent change as the dog is generally on limited time from here on as he will become more invalided in a relatively short time with arthritis etc and wont even be able to use the ramp in a year or two. I think this design addressed all of these requirements pretty well and matches the existing deck really quite well.
Hope this helps someone else with some ideas.
P.S. Unfortunately our old dog died in Late February 2020 from a tumor - I am glad I was able to allow full access to our house and yard in those last few months with this ramp which he used right up to his last day. Vale Ben.

[@MsLibertyTX]

Thx Tim!

[@megalung1]

Best design I've seen yet! Thank you for sharing. I will definitely use some of your ideas in the ramp I am about to build.

[@timterry8714]

Glad you like it!

[@L3TITBE]

Hi there, first, I'm so Sorry for the loss of your dog,"Benny" I think I caught his name when he was about to go down the ramp.I Love this ramp its the best I've seen. I need one more for my 10 yr old Chihuahua," Luna" she's taught me so much. Thank you for sharing. God Bless

[@anniecorbin7998]

Thanks for posting. All I could find were short, steep ramps. What good is that? If he could handle a steep ramp he could probably do stairs. Twenty foot long is what I figured my Badger needs. So, thank you.

[@timterry8714]

It's good

[@catco01]

Love it mate. Might have to steal your plans give or take. My old boy is struggling with stairs. Cheers mate 👍

[@timterry8714]

Glad you liked it and thanks for watching and I hope it works for your dog as well as it did for ours. Unfortunately our dog passed away recently but it made it much easier for him in those last few months.

[@f0rgotteng0st]

Sorry about your loss. Going to use some of these ideas for my own aging dog

[@timterry8714]

Thanks you

[@marksaldanha5749]

Thank you for being a fantastic pet owner, You have more empathy for your wonderful dog than the president of our country.

[@timterry8714]

Thanks Mark, We still miss him but much like you are now doing with your President, we are renewing and moving on and we have since taken on a rescue dog that was destined for death row and he is a great dog.

[@debbtrn]

Perfect!!! We are going to use this idea to build ours!!!! We were stuck and this video solved it for us!!! Cheers

[@timterry8714]

Thanks, glad it helped.

[@youtubemissedaspot]

Thanks! I'm part way through a dog ramp build and the marine carpet idea solves my issue.

[@timterry8714]

Glad to help cheers Tim

[@johnreed4140]

Great design and excellent carpentry.

[@timterry8714]

Thanks for the feedback John.

[@ankrich04]

Great solution mate. I will copy some of your design ideas as I need to build one for my puppy.

[@timterry8714]

Go for it!

[@dixiewade8373]

Maybe a higher railing on the inside?

[@mindymcintosh9865]

Very nice!

[@64maxpower]

Good man

[@timterry8714]

Now demolished as our poor old dog died about 12 months after this was made.